Activities of Beatrix von STORCH
Plenary speeches (743)
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 19 and 20 October 2017 (debate) DE
Fipronil scandal: how to improve the EU rapid alert system for food and feed (debate) DE
O-000044/2017: EU Army DE
2016 Report on Turkey (debate) DE
2016 Report on Turkey (debate) DE
Reflection paper on the future of EU finances by 2025 (debate) DE
2017 Observance of the International Day of the Family: promoting the role of parents in safeguarding good-quality education for their children DE
2017 Observance of the International Day of the Family: promoting the role of parents in safeguarding good-quality education for their children DE
Formal sitting - Ivory Coast DE
The refoundation of a Europe based on values, anchored in effective democratic institutions and promoting a prosperous economy in a fair and cohesive society (topical debate) DE
Combating anti-semitism (debate) DE
Multiannual Framework for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2018-2022 - Multiannual Framework for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2018-2022 (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Powers and control of the European Central Bank (topical debate) DE
Situation of Christians in the Middle East (debate) DE
Annual report 2015 on the protection of EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (debate) DE
Situation in Hungary (debate) DE
Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Ukraine (debate) DE
Multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 - Multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 (Resolution) - Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin (debate) DE
Trafficking in human beings (debate) DE
Major interpellations (debate) DE
Topical debate - EU security agenda: one year after the Brussels attacks (debate) DE
Global Gag Rule (debate) DE
Global Gag Rule (debate) DE
Guidelines for the 2018 budget - Section III (debate) DE
Order of business DE
Equality between women and men in the EU in 2014-2015 - Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services - Report on EU funds for gender equality (debate) DE
Possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union - Improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty - Budgetary capacity for the Eurozone (debate) DE
State of play of the second review of the economic adjustment programme for Greece (debate) DE
State of play of the second review of the economic adjustment programme for Greece (debate) DE
Programme of activities of the Maltese Presidency (debate) DE
"Clean Energy for All" package (debate) DE
EU-Algeria Framework Agreement on the general principles for the participation of Algeria in Union programmes (A8-0367/2016 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) DE
North-East Atlantic: deep-sea stocks and fishing in international waters (A8-0369/2016 - Isabelle Thomas) DE
General revision of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (A8-0344/2016 - Richard Corbett) DE
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015 (A8-0345/2016 - József Nagy) DE
A coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (A8-0357/2016 - Christian Ehler, Luigi Morgano) DE
Rights of women in the Eastern Partnership States (A8-0365/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
Review of the Slovak Council Presidency (debate) DE
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (debate) DE
Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (Article 36 TEU) (debate) DE
Combatting racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance (debate) DE
Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties on the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the protection of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, detection, and prosecution of criminal offenses (B8-1304/2016, B8-1305/2016) DE
US-EU Agreement on the protection of personal information relating to criminal offenses (A8-0354/2016 - Jan Philipp Albrecht) DE
EU-Ghana Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement (A8-0328/2016 - Christofer Fjellner) DE
Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2016 (A8-0347/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes)
Draft amending budget No 4/2016: Update of appropriations to reflect the latest developments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment and commitment appropriations (A8-0350/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes)
Draft amending budget No 5/2016: Implementation of the Own Resources Decision (A8-0348/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes)
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany (A8-0352/2016 - Monika Hohlmeier) DE
Draft amending budget No 6/2016 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany (A8-0349/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes) DE
Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017 (A8-0346/2016 - Jens Geier)
Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the ongoing migration, refugee and security crisis (A8-0351/2016 - Jens Geier)
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide for payment of advances in the 2017 budget (A8-0323/2016 - Patricija Šulin) DE
2017 budgetary procedure: joint text (A8-0353/2016 - Jens Geier, Indrek Tarand)
Union Customs Code, as regards goods that have temporarily left the customs territory of the Union by sea or air (A8-0329/2016 - Maria Grapini) DE
Liability, compensation and financial security for offshore oil and gas operations (A8-0308/2016 - Kostas Chrysogonos) DE
Access to energy in developing countries (B8-1227/2016) DE
Application of the European Order for Payment Procedure (A8-0299/2016 - Kostas Chrysogonos) DE
Key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products as regards the date of its application (A8-0356/2016 - Pervenche Berès) DE
EU-Kiribati Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0334/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
EU-Solomon Islands Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0336/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
EU-Micronesia Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0337/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
EU-Tuvalu Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0333/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
EU-Marshall Islands Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0335/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
The European Union Solidarity Fund: an assessment (A8-0341/2016 - Salvatore Cicu)
US-EU Agreement on the protection of personal information relating to criminal offenses (debate) DE
Macro-financial assistance to Jordan (A8-0296/2016 - Emmanuel Maurel) DE
Activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (A8-0011/2016 - Brian Hayes) DE
Situation in Syria (B8-1123/2016, RC-B8-1249/2016, B8-1249/2016, B8-1250/2016, B8-1251/2016, B8-1252/2016, B8-1253/2016, B8-1254/2016, B8-1255/2016) DE
EU-Turkey relations (RC-B8-1276/2016, B8-1276/2016, B8-1277/2016, B8-1278/2016, B8-1279/2016, B8-1280/2016, B8-1281/2016, B8-1282/2016, B8-1283/2016) DE
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (B8-1229/2016, B8-1235/2016) DE
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2015 (A8-0331/2016 - Notis Marias) DE
Towards a definitive VAT system and fighting VAT fraud (A8-0307/2016 - Werner Langen) DE
EU action plan against wildlife trafficking (A8-0303/2016 - Catherine Bearder)
New opportunities for small transport businesses (A8-0304/2016 - Dominique Riquet) DE
Situation in Belarus (RC-B8-1232/2016, B8-1232/2016, B8-1233/2016, B8-1234/2016, B8-1237/2016, B8-1238/2016, B8-1239/2016, B8-1240/2016) DE
Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement between Canada and the European Union on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) (B8-1220/2016) DE
Emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (A8-0249/2015 - Julie Girling) DE
Finalisation of Basel III (B8-1226/2016) DE
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (A8-0317/2016 - Ioan Mircea Paşcu) DE
EU strategic communication to counteract anti-EU propaganda by third parties (A8-0290/2016 - Anna Elżbieta Fotyga) DE
Sign language and professional sign language interpreters (B8-1230/2016, B8-1241/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106 : Renewing the approval of the active substance bentazone (B8-1228/2016)
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (debate) DE
Agreement on Operational and Strategic Cooperation between Ukraine and Europol (A8-0342/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
Long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (A8-0325/2016 - Diane Dodds)
Access to anti-money-laundering information by tax authorities (A8-0326/2016 - Emmanuel Maurel) DE
European Central Bank annual report for 2015 (A8-0302/2016 - Ramon Tremosa i Balcells) DE
Green Paper on Retail Financial Services (A8-0294/2016 - Olle Ludvigsson) DE
European Defence Union (A8-0316/2016 - Urmas Paet) DE
Unleashing the potential of waterborne passenger transport (A8-0306/2016 - Keith Taylor) DE
Increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation (A8-0322/2016 - Cristian Dan Preda) DE
EU-Turkey relations (debate) DE
European Central Bank annual report for 2015 (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A8-0271/2016 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2014: ENIAC Joint Undertaking (A8-0264/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (A8-0276/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (A8-0275/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Situation in Northern Iraq/Mosul (RC-B8-1159/2016, B8-1159/2016, B8-1160/2016, B8-1161/2016, B8-1164/2016, B8-1165/2016, B8-1166/2016, B8-1169/2016) DE
Situation of journalists in Turkey (B8-1158/2016, RC-B8-1162/2016, B8-1162/2016, B8-1163/2016, B8-1167/2016, B8-1168/2016, B8-1170/2016, B8-1171/2016, B8-1172/2016) DE
Nuclear security and non-proliferation (B8-1120/2016, RC-B8-1122/2016, B8-1122/2016, B8-1125/2016, B8-1129/2016, B8-1130/2016, B8-1131/2016, B8-1132/2016) DE
European Voluntary Service (B8-1126/2016, B8-1126/2016, B8-1127/2016, B8-1128/2016, B8-1133/2016, B8-1134/2016, B8-1135/2016) DE
EU Youth Strategy 2013-2015 (A8-0250/2016 - Andrea Bocskor) DE
How the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas (A8-0285/2016 - Eric Andrieu)
Draft general budget of the European Union for 2017 - all sections DE
General budget of the European Union for 2017 - all sections (A8-0287/2016 - Jens Geier, Indrek Tarand) DE
The MFF mid-term revision (B8-1173/2016) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2016/003 EE/petroleum and chemicals (A8-0314/2016 - Victor Negrescu) DE
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities (A8-0309/2016 - Alfred Sant) DE
Trans fats (B8-1115/2016)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2015 (debate) DE
Situation of journalists in Turkey (debate) DE
Situation of journalists in Turkey (debate) DE
Situation of journalists in Turkey (debate) DE
Automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in Denmark (A8-0289/2016 - Claude Moraes) DE
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Denmark (A8-0288/2016 - Claude Moraes) DE
EU-China Agreement on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports (A8-0281/2016 - Bodil Valero) DE
Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (A8-0292/2016 - Iskra Mihaylova) DE
Union legal framework for customs infringements and sanctions (A8-0239/2016 - Kaja Kallas) DE
Draft amending budget No 3/2016: Security of the Institutions (A8-0295/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez) DE
EU strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement (A8-0286/2016 - Richard Howitt) DE
Fight against corruption and follow-up of the CRIM resolution (A8-0284/2016 - Laura Ferrara) DE
Human rights and migration in third countries (A8-0245/2016 - Marie-Christine Vergiat) DE
Corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries (A8-0243/2016 - Ignazio Corrao)
EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage (A8-0278/2016 - András Gyürk) DE
How to make fisheries controls in Europe uniform (A8-0234/2016 - Isabelle Thomas) DE
Improving connection and accessibility of transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe (A8-0282/2016 - Tomasz Piotr Poręba)
EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (A8-0283/2016 - Sophia in 't Veld) DE
Commission Work Programme 2017 (debate) DE
Legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings (debate) DE
Conclusion on behalf of the EU of the Paris Agreement adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Giovanni La Via (A8-0280/2016)) DE
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece following the earthquake that affected the Ionian Islands in November 2015 (A8-0270/2016 - Georgios Kyrtsos) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2016/001 FI/Microsoft (A8-0273/2016 - Petri Sarvamaa) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2016/002 SE/Ericsson (A8-0272/2016 - Esteban González Pons) DE
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Giorgos Grammatikakis (A8-0279/2016 - António Marinho e Pinto) DE
Legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings (A8-0165/2015 - Dennis de Jong) DE
Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment (A8-0267/2015 - Marietje Schaake) DE
Europol-China Agreement on Strategic Cooperation (A8-0265/2016 - Claude Moraes) DE
The future of ACP-EU relations beyond 2020 (A8-0263/2016 - Norbert Neuser) DE
Macroeconomic situation in Greece, structural reforms and their impact, as well as prospects for future negotiations within the Programme (debate) DE
18th birthday Interrail pass for Europe (debate) DE
Travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (A8-0201/2016 - Jussi Halla-aho) DE
Prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (A8-0238/2016 - Petr Ježek) DE
Asylum: provisional measures in favour of Italy and Greece (A8-0236/2016 - Ska Keller) DE
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A8-0247/2016 - Laura Agea) DE
Key objectives for the CITES CoP17 meeting in Johannesburg (B8-0987/2016) DE
Application of the Postal Services Directive (A8-0254/2016 - Markus Ferber) DE
Access to finance for SMEs and increasing the diversity of SME funding in a Capital Markets Union (A8-0222/2016 - Othmar Karas) DE
How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs? (A8-0248/2016 - Zdzisław Krasnodębski) DE
Application of the Employment Equality Directive (A8-0225/2016 - Renate Weber) DE
Activities, impact and added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund between 2007 and 2014 (A8-0227/2016 - Marian Harkin) DE
Protocol to the EU-Switzerland Agreement on the free movement of persons (accession of Croatia) (A8-0216/2016 - Danuta Jazłowiecka) DE
Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment (A8-0252/2016 - Csaba Sógor) DE
Technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (A8-0256/2016 - Ivo Belet)
Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the SADC EPA States (A8-0242/2016 - Alexander Graf Lambsdorff) DE
Sporazum o provedbi Konvencije o radu u ribolovu (B8-0976/2016)
Recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (B8-0865/2016, B8-0977/2016, B8-0978/2016) DE
EU relations with Tunisia in the current regional context (A8-0249/2016 - Fabio Massimo Castaldo) DE
Social dumping in the EU (A8-0255/2016 - Guillaume Balas) DE
Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) (B8-0974/2016) DE
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate) DE
Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes DE
EU strategy on heating and cooling (A8-0232/2016 - Adam Gierek) (vote) DE
Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) (A8-0159/2016 - Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso) DE
European territorial cooperation - best practices and innovative measures (A8-0202/2016 - Iskra Mihaylova) DE
Inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (A8-0246/2016 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy)
Request for the waiver of the immunity of István Ujhelyi (A8-0229/2016 - Tadeusz Zwiefka) DE
Request for the defence of the privileges and immunities of Rosario Crocetta (A8-0230/2016 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Sotirios Zarianopoulos (A8-0233/2016 - Gilles Lebreton) DE
EU-China Agreement relating to the accession of Croatia (A8-0231/2016 - Iuliu Winkler) DE
EU-Uruguay Agreement relating to the accession of Croatia (A8-0241/2016 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain) DE
Nomination of a Member of the Court of Auditors - Lazaros Stavrou Lazarou (A8-0258/2016 - Igor Šoltes) DE
Nomination of a Member of the Court of Auditors - João Figueiredo (A8-0259/2016 - Igor Šoltes) DE
Nomination of a Member of the Court of Auditors - Leo Brincat (A8-0257/2016 - Igor Šoltes) DE
Statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries (delegated and implementing powers) (A8-0240/2016 - Bernd Lange)
Statistics on natural gas and electricity prices (A8-0184/2016 - Barbara Kappel)
Towards a new energy market design (A8-0214/2016 - Werner Langen)
EU strategy on heating and cooling (A8-0232/2016 - Adam Gierek)
Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs (A8-0162/2016 - Rosa D'Amato) DE
EU strategy for the Alpine region (A8-0226/2016 - Mercedes Bresso) DE
EU Trust Fund for Africa: implications for development and humanitarian aid (A8-0221/2016 - Ignazio Corrao) DE
Creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance (A8-0253/2016 - Tatjana Ždanoka, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė) DE
Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs - Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) - European territorial cooperation - best practices and innovative measures - EU strategy for the Alpine region (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
71st session of the UN General Assembly (A8-0146/2016 - Andrey Kovatchev) DE
Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (A8-0203/2016 - Helga Stevens) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: Permitted health claims made on foods (B8-0842/2016) DE
Personal data transfer to China (debate) DE
Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2017 (debate) DE
Participation of Azerbaijan in Union programmes (A8-0210/2016 - Norica Nicolai) DE
Draft amending budget No 2/2016: Surplus from 2015 (A8-0212/2016 - José Manuel Fernandes) DE
High common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (A8-0211/2016 - Andreas Schwab) DE
Energy efficiency labelling (A8-0213/2016 - Dario Tamburrano) DE
European Border and Coast Guard (A8-0200/2016 - Artis Pabriks) DE
European Maritime Safety Agency (A8-0215/2016 - Michael Cramer) DE
Community Fisheries Control Agency (A8-0068/2016 - Alain Cadec) DE
Secretariat of the OLAF Supervisory Committee (A8-0188/2016 - Ingeborg Gräßle) DE
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (A8-0224/2016 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) DE
Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (TAXE 2) (A8-0223/2016 - Jeppe Kofod, Michael Theurer) DE
Synergies between structural funds and Horizon 2020 (RC-B8-0851/2016, B8-0851/2016, B8-0852/2016, B8-0857/2016, B8-0858/2016, B8-0860/2016, B8-0861/2016) DE
Japan's decision to resume whaling in the 2015-2016 season (B8-0853/2016, B8-0853/2016, B8-0855/2016, B8-0862/2016, B8-0863/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to rule 105(4): EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses as regards Belarus (B8-0869/2016, B8-0870/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to rule 105(4): Setting the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (B8-0868/2016) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2015 (debate) DE
EU-Peru Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0197/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
Emission limits for non-road mobile machinery (A8-0276/2015 - Elisabetta Gardini) DE
Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (A8-0204/2016 - Brando Benifei) DE
Social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (A8-0217/2016 - Eleonora Forenza) DE
A forward-looking and innovative future strategy for trade and investment (A8-0220/2016 - Tiziana Beghin) DE
The fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU's external relations (A8-0205/2016 - Barbara Lochbihler) DE
Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (debate) DE
Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative (debate) DE
Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom (debate) DE
Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom (B8-0838/2016, B8-0839/2016, B8-0840/2016, B8-0841/2016) DE
Preventing radicalisation leading to violent extremism and terrorism (debate) DE
US sanctions impacting EU business in Iran (debate) DE
Jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes - Jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of the property consequences of registered partnerships (debate) DE
Promoting free movement by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents (A8-0156/2016 - Mady Delvaux) DE
Transfer to the General Court of jurisdiction at first instance in EU civil service cases (A8-0167/2016 - Mady Delvaux) DE
Setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion, its powers, numerical strength and term of office (B8-0745/2016) DE
EU-Palau Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0177/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
EU-Tonga Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0179/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
EU-Colombia Agreement on the short-stay visa waiver (A8-0178/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
Expansion of trade in Information Technology Products (ITA) (A8-0186/2016 - Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl) DE
Subjecting α-PVP to control measures (A8-0175/2016 - Michał Boni) DE
Ratification and accession to the 2010 Protocol to the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention with the exception of aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters (A8-0191/2016 - Pavel Svoboda) DE
Ratification and accession to the 2010 Protocol to the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention with regard to aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters (A8-0190/2016-Pavel Svoboda) DE
EU-Philippines Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation (accession of Croatia) (A8-0148/2016 - Elmar Brok) DE
EU-Philippines Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation (consent) (A8-0149/2016 - Elmar Brok) DE
EU-Philippines Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation (resolution) (A8-0143/2016 - Elmar Brok) DE
Macro-financial assistance to Tunisia (A8-0187/2016 - Marielle de Sarnez) DE
Rules against certain tax avoidance practices (A8-0189/2016 - Hugues Bayet) DE
Follow-up to the resolution of Parliament of 11 February 2015 on the US Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA (B8-0580/2016, B8-0584/2016) DE
Space capabilities for European security and defence (A8-0151/2016 - Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski) DE
Situation in Venezuela (RC-B8-0700/2016, B8-0700/2016, B8-0723/2016, B8-0724/2016, B8-0725/2016, B8-0726/2016, B8-0728/2016, B8-0729/2016) DE
Endocrine disruptors: state of play following the Court judgment of 16 December 2015 (RC-B8-0733/2016, B8-0733/2016, B8-0734/2016, B8-0735/2016, B8-0736/2016, B8-0737/2016, B8-0738/2016) DE
Eliminating illicit trade in tobacco products: protocol to the WHO Framework Convention (A8-0154/2016 - Adam Szejnfeld) DE
Uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles: UNECE agreement (A8-0185/2016 - Bernd Lange) DE
EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A8-0155/2016 - Santiago Fisas Ayxelà) DE
Enhanced cooperation in the area of property regimes of international couples (A8-0192/2016 - Jean-Marie Cavada) DE
Eliminating illicit trade in tobacco products: protocol to the WHO Framework Convention (judicial cooperation in criminal matters) (A8-0198/2016 - Martina Anderson) DE
Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors - Rimantas Šadžius (A8-0183/2016 - Bart Staes) DE
2015 Report on policy coherence for development (A8-0165/2016 - Cristian Dan Preda) DE
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (A8-0169/2016 - Maria Heubuch) DE
International Accounting Standards (IAS) evaluation (A8-0172/2016 - Theodor Dumitru Stolojan) DE
Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union (A8-0158/2016 - Geoffrey Van Orden)
Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain (A8-0173/2016 - Edward Czesak) DE
Technological solutions for sustainable agriculture (A8-0174/2016 - Anthea McIntyre)
Enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management (A8-0163/2016 - Jan Huitema) DE
Virtual currencies (A8-0168/2016 - Jakob von Weizsäcker) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/010 FR/MoryGlobal (A8-0182/2016 - Anneli Jäätteenmäki) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/011 GR/Supermarket Larissa (A8-0181/2016 - Liadh Ní Riada) DE
Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Sweden (A8-0170/2016 - Ska Keller) DE
Transatlantic data flows (B8-0622/2016, RC-B8-0623/2016, B8-0623/2016, B8-0633/2016, B8-0639/2016, B8-0642/2016, B8-0643/2016, B8-0644/2016) DE
Delivering a new deal for energy consumers (A8-0161/2016 - Theresa Griffin) DE
Poverty: a gender perspective (A8-0153/2016 - Maria Arena) DE
Non-tariff barriers in the Single Market (A8-0160/2016 - Daniel Dalton) DE
The Single Market strategy (A8-0171/2016 - Lara Comi) DE
Transatlantic data flows (debate) DE
Poverty: a gender perspective (short presentation) DE
Framework Agreement on parental leave (debate) DE
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (A8-0157/2016 - Dariusz Rosati) DE
Traceability of fishery and aquaculture products in restaurants and retail (B8-0581/2016) DE
China's market economy status (B8-0604/2016, B8-0605/2016, RC-B8-0607/2016, B8-0607/2016, B8-0608/2016, B8-0609/2016, B8-0610/2016, B8-0611/2016, B8-0612/2016) DE
Follow-up and state of play of the Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (B8-0583/2016, B8-0587/2016) DE
Mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for certain foods (B8-0545/2016) DE
Framework Agreement on parental leave (A8-0076/2016 - Maria Arena) DE
Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings (A8-0144/2016 - Catherine Bearder) DE
EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) (debate) DE
Exemptions for commodity dealers (A8-0064/2016 - Sander Loones) DE
EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) (A8-0164/2016 - Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra) DE
Entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, volunteering, pupil exchange and au pairing (A8-0166/2016 - Cecilia Wikström) DE
Acceleration of implementation of cohesion policy (B8-0562/2016) DE
Restoring a fully functioning Schengen system (debate) DE
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (debate) DE
Protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU (A8-0257/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the EU (A8-0256/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
EU-Liberia sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (A8-0142/2016 - Jarosław Wałęsa) DE
EU-Mauritania fisheries partnership agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (A8-0147/2016 - Gabriel Mato) DE
Cooperation agreement on a civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) with Korea (A8-0065/2016 - Gianluca Buonanno) DE
New territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020 (A8-0032/2016 - Ruža Tomašić) DE
Statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment (A8-0227/2015 - Sven Giegold) DE
Cohesion policy in mountainous regions of the EU (A8-0074/2016 - Iliana Iotova) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - Committee of the Regions (A8-0132/2016 - Monica Macovei) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European External Action Service (A8-0136/2016 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Ombudsman (A8-0121/2016 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor (A8-0109/2016 - Monica Macovei) DE
Discharge 2014: Performance, financial management and control of EU agencies (A8-0080/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (A8-0087/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office) (A8-0093/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) (A8-0084/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (A8-0082/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Police College (CEPOL) (A8-0088/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) (A8-0095/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (A8-0133/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Banking Authority (EBA) (A8-0090/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (A8-0103/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (A8-0118/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Environment Agency (EEA) (A8-0100/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) (A8-0104/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (A8-0086/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (A8-0085/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (A8-0091/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (A8-0117/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Medicines Agency (EMA) (A8-0114/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (A8-0105/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) (A8-0102/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) (A8-0098/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Railway Agency (ERA) (A8-0106/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (A8-0096/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Training Foundation (ETF) (A8-0116/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (EU-LISA) (A8-0124/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (A8-0134/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) (A8-0110/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) (A8-0120/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: The European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust) (A8-0099/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Police Office (Europol) (A8-0122/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (A8-0108/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) (A8-0115/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: European GNSS Agency (GSA) (A8-0112/2016 - Derek Vaughan) DE
Discharge 2014: ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (A8-0092/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (A8-0094/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: ECSEL Joint Undertaking (A8-0119/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: ENIAC Joint Undertaking (A8-0113/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (A8-0083/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (IMI) (A8-0081/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (A8-0097/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
Discharge 2014: SESAR Joint Undertaking (A8-0089/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) DE
European Investment Bank annual report 2014 (A8-0050/2016 - Georgi Pirinski) DE
Attacks on hospitals and schools as violations of international humanitarian law (B8-0488/2016, B8-0488/2016, B8-0489/2016, B8-0490/2016, B8-0491/2016, B8-0492/2016, B8-0493/2016) DE
Women domestic workers and carers in the EU (A8-0053/2016 - Kostadinka Kuneva) DE
Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age (A8-0048/2016 - Terry Reintke) DE
EU-Georgia Common Aviation Area Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A8-0128/2016 - Francisco Assis) DE
Convention on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations (accession of Croatia) (A8-0054/2016 - Liisa Jaakonsaari) DE
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Bolesław G. Piecha (A8-0152/2016 - Gilles Lebreton) DE
Safeguarding the best interest of the child across the EU on the basis of petitions addressed to the European Parliament (B8-0487/2016) DE
Request for consultation of the European Economic and Social Committee on the setting up of a European pillar of social rights DE
EU Agency for Railways (A8-0073/2016 - Roberts Zīle) DE
Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (A8-0071/2016 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica) DE
Railway safety (A8-0056/2016 - Michael Cramer) DE
Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts (A8-0131/2015 - Cora van Nieuwenhuizen) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Commission and Executive Agencies (A8-0140/2016 - Martina Dlabajová) DE
Discharge 2014: Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2014 Commission discharge (A8-0127/2016 - Martina Dlabajová) DE
Discharge 2014: 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs (A8-0137/2016 - Claudia Schmidt) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Parliament (A8-0135/2016 - Markus Pieper) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A8-0101/2016 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - Court of Justice (A8-0123/2016 - Anders Primdahl Vistisen) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Court of Auditors (A8-0107/2016 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2014: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee (A8-0111/2016 - Anders Primdahl Vistisen) DE
Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (debate) DE
Use of Passenger Name Record data (EU PNR) (A8-0248/2015 - Timothy Kirkhope) DE
Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2017 (A8-0131/2016 - Indrek Tarand) DE
2015 Report on Turkey (B8-0442/2016) DE
2015 Report on Albania (B8-0440/2016) DE
2015 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (B8-0441/2016) DE
Private sector and development (A8-0043/2016 - Nirj Deva) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/009 SE/Volvo Trucks (A8-0077/2016 - Victor Negrescu) DE
The EU in a changing global environment - a more connected, contested and complex world (A8-0069/2016 - Sandra Kalniete) DE
Implementation and review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy (A8-0051/2016 - Tamás Meszerics) DE
Use of Passenger Name Record data (EU PNR) (debate) DE
2015 Report on Turkey (debate) DE
Products originating in certain ACP states (A8-0010/2016 - Jarosław Wałęsa) DE
Fisheries partnership agreement with Denmark and Greenland: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (A8-0067/2016 - Marco Affronte) DE
EU-Macao Agreement on certain aspects of air services (A8-0072/2016 - Dieter-Lebrecht Koch) DE
Minimum standard rate of VAT (A8-0063/2016 - Peter Simon) DE
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: fisheries aspects (A8-0042/2016 - Norica Nicolai) DE
Breeding animals and their germinal products (A8-0288/2015 - Michel Dantin) DE
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (A8-0066/2016 - Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge) DE
Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0301/2015 - Sajjad Karim) DE
Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (A8-0208/2015 - Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann) DE
Towards improved single market regulation (A8-0278/2015 - Anneleen Van Bossuyt) DE
Learning EU at school (A8-0021/2016 - Damian Drăghici) DE
Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in vocational education and training (A8-0049/2016 - Ernest Maragall) DE
The EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (A8-0027/2016 - Sylvie Goulard) DE
Small-scale coastal fishing in regions dependent on fishing (A8-0044/2016 - Ruža Tomašić) DE
External dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements (A8-0052/2016 - Linnéa Engström) DE
Banking Union - Annual report 2015 (debate) DE
Introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for Tunisia (A8-0013/2016 - Marielle de Sarnez) DE
Authorisation and supervision of veterinary medicinal products (A8-0035/2016 - Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu) DE
Towards a thriving data-driven economy (B8-0308/2016) DE
Situation in Eritrea (B8-0318/2016, B8-0319/2016, B8-0320/2016, B8-0321/2016, B8-0322/2016, B8-0323/2016, B8-0324/2016) DE
2015 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (B8-0310/2016) DE
2015 Report on Montenegro (B8-0309/2016) DE
Banking Union - Annual report 2015 (A8-0033/2016 - Roberto Gualtieri) DE
Reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels (A8-0037/2016 - Laura Ferrara) DE
EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information (A8-0047/2016 - Miguel Viegas) DE
Procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings (A8-0020/2015 - Caterina Chinnici) DE
Guidelines for the 2017 Budget - Section III (A8-0036/2016 - Jens Geier) DE
Interinstitutional agreement on Better law-making (A8-0039/2016 - Danuta Maria Hübner) DE
Tobacco agreement (PMI agreement) (B8-0311/2016, B8-0312/2016, B8-0312/2016, B8-0313/2016, B8-0313/2016, B8-0314/2016, B8-0315/2016, B8-0316/2016, B8-0317/2016) DE
The socio-economic situation of women in Europe (debate) DE
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate) DE
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate) DE
Animal health (A8-0041/2016 - Jasenko Selimovic) DE
Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments (A8-0006/2016 - Marc Tarabella) DE
Market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (A8-0023/2016 - Knut Fleckenstein) DE
Harmonised indices of consumer prices (A8-0313/2015 - Roberto Gualtieri) DE
Annual report 2014 on the Protection of the EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (A8-0026/2016 - Benedek Jávor) DE
Gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament (A8-0034/2016 - Angelika Mlinar) DE
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (A8-0024/2016 - Mary Honeyball) DE
Communication on implementing the European agenda on migration (debate) DE
Gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament (short presentation) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Authorisation for Austria to sign and ratify, and Malta to accede to, the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 (A8-0018/2016 - Viktor Uspaskich) DE
EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information (C8-0370/2015) DE
Accession of Croatia to the Convention on the protection of the financial interests of the Union (A8-0019/2016 - Tomáš Zdechovský) DE
European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets (A8-0224/2015 - Heinz K. Becker) DE
Introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for Tunisia (A8-0013/2016 - Marielle de Sarnez) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/007 BE/Hainaut-Namur Glass (A8-0029/2016 - Tomáš Zdechovský) DE
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 (A8-0030/2016 - Maria João Rodrigues) DE
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 (A8-0031/2016 - Sofia Ribeiro) DE
Single Market governance within the European Semester 2016 (A8-0017/2016 - Catherine Stihler) DE
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2014 (A8-0020/2016 - Soledad Cabezón Ruiz) DE
European Central Bank annual report for 2014 (A8-0012/2016 - Notis Marias) DE
Introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for Tunisia - Opening of negotiations for an EU-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement (debate) DE
2015 progress report on Serbia (B8-0166/2016) DE
European integration process of Kosovo (B8-0167/2016) DE
Situation in Libya (RC-B8-0146/2016, B8-0146/2016, B8-0169/2016, B8-0170/2016, B8-0177/2016, B8-0178/2016, B8-0179/2016, B8-0180/2016, B8-0181/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: Authorisation of genetically modified soybean FG72 (B8-0133/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: Authorisation of genetically modified soybean MON 87708 × MON 89788 (B8-0134/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: Authorisation of genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 89788 (B8-0135/2016) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106 on emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (B8-0040/2016) DE
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding) DE
New Strategy for gender equality and women's rights post-2015 (B8-0148/2016, B8-0150/2016, B8-0163/2016, B8-0164/2016) DE
Rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (A8-0359/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution on heavy metals (A8-0002/2016 - Giovanni La Via) DE
Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution on persistent organic pollutants (A8-0001/2016 - Giovanni La Via) DE
Eurojust and Ukraine Cooperation Agreement (A8-0007/2016 - Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann) DE
Eurojust and Montenegro Cooperation Agreement (A8-0008/2016 - Nathalie Griesbeck) DE
Establishment of a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work (A8-0172/2015 - Georgi Pirinski) DE
European Central Bank annual report for 2014 (debate) DE
Mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy (debate) DE
Increased terrorism threat (debate) DE
EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Agreement (A8-0372/2015 - Ulrike Lunacek) DE
Mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (RC-B8-0043/2016, B8-0043/2016, B8-0045/2016, B8-0051/2016, B8-0057/2016, B8-0058/2016, B8-0059/2016, B8-0060/2016) DE
Presumption of innocence and right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings (A8-0133/2015 - Nathalie Griesbeck) DE
Personal protective equipment (A8-0148/2015 - Vicky Ford) DE
Appliances burning gaseous fuels (A8-0147/2015 - Catherine Stihler) DE
Cableway installations (A8-0063/2015 - Antonio López-Istúriz White) DE
Objection to delegated act on a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (B8-0044/2016) DE
Objection to delegated act on the specific compositional and information requirements for processed cereal-based food and baby food (B8-0067/2016) DE
EU priorities for the UNHRC sessions in 2016 (debate) DE
Annual report on EU Competition Policy (A8-0368/2015 - Werner Langen) DE
The role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values (A8-0373/2015 - Julie Ward) DE
Stocktaking and challenges of the EU Financial Services Regulation (A8-0360/2015 - Burkhard Balz) DE
External factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship (A8-0369/2015 - Barbara Matera) DE
Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment (A8-0366/2015 - Marek Plura) DE
Towards a Digital Single Market Act (A8-0371/2015 - Kaja Kallas, Evelyne Gebhardt) DE
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 December 2015 (debate) DE
Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate) DE
Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate) DE
Accession of Ecuador to the EU-Peru and Colombia trade agreement (B8-1241/2015) DE
A new animal welfare strategy for 2016-2020 (B8-1278/2015, B8-1278/2015, B8-1279/2015, B8-1280/2015, B8-1281/2015, B8-1282/2015, B8-1283/2015) DE
Education for children in emergency situations and protracted crises (B8-1240/2015) DE
Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (B8-1231/2015) DE
Draft amending budget No 8/2015: Own resources and European Data Protection Supervisor (A8-0337/2015 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) DE
Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for immediate budgetary measures to address the refugee crisis (A8-0336/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes) DE
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide for payment of advances in the 2016 budget (A8-0335/2015 - Lefteris Christoforou) DE
2016 budgetary procedure: joint text (A8-0333/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: granting an authorisation for uses of bis(2-ethylhexhyl) phthalate (DEHP) (B8-1228/2015) DE
Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (A8-0317/2015 - Elisa Ferreira, Michael Theurer) DE
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (A8-0316/2015 - Rachida Dati) DE
EU Strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 (A8-0312/2015 - Ole Christensen) DE
Elimination of violence against women in the EU (debate) DE
Repealing certain acts from the Schengen acquis (A8-0250/2015 - Claude Moraes) DE
Repealing certain acts from the Schengen acquis in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (A8-0251/2015 - Claude Moraes) DE
Repealing certain acts in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (A8-0252/2015 - Claude Moraes) DE
Accession to the Extended Commission of the Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (A8-0318/2015 - Carlos Iturgaiz) DE
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty (A8-0310/2015 - Inês Cristina Zuber) DE
Cohesion policy and marginalised communities (A8-0314/2015 - Terry Reintke) DE
The role of the EU within the UN (A8-0308/2015 - Paavo Väyrynen) DE
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (debate) DE
A new animal welfare strategy for 2016-2020 (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Interoperability solutions as a means for modernising the public sector (A8-0225/2015 - Carlos Zorrinho) DE
Reform of the electoral law of the EU (A8-0286/2015 - Danuta Maria Hübner, Jo Leinen) DE
Future aviation package (B8-1146/2015, B8-1147/2015, B8-1148/2015, B8-1149/2015, B8-1150/2015, B8-1151/2015, B8-1152/2015) DE
Hearing on summer-time changes in Europe (debate) DE
EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) (A8-0048/2015 - Kinga Gál) DE
Follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens (B8-1092/2015) DE
Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market (B8-1093/2015) DE
Safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in the field of civil aviation (A8-0261/2015 - Jacqueline Foster) DE
New challenges and concepts for the promotion of tourism in Europe (A8-0258/2015 - Isabella De Monte) DE
Development of a satellite-based technology to enable global flight tracking systems (B8-1094/2015) DE
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (A8-0279/2015 - Ivan Jakovčić) DE
Cohesion policy and review of the Europe 2020 strategy (A8-0277/2015 - Fernando Ruas) DE
Smart Borders (debate) DE
Smart Borders (debate) DE
Follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens (debate) DE
Court of Justice of the European Union: number of judges at the General Court (A8-0296/2015 - António Marinho e Pinto) DE
Provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (A8-0295/2015 - Gabriel Mato) DE
Use of genetically modified food and feed (A8-0305/2015 - Giovanni La Via) DE
Novel foods (A8-0046/2014 - James Nicholson) DE
Common Agricultural Policy: repealing obsolete acts (A8-0255/2015 - Czesław Adam Siekierski) DE
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Sweden (A8-0304/2015 - Monika Flašíková Beňová) DE
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Belgium (A8-0303/2015 - Monika Flašíková Beňová) DE
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Poland (A8-0302/2015 - Monika Flašíková Beňová) DE
Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment (A8-0267/2015 - Marietje Schaake) DE
Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (A8-0306/2015 - Markus Ferber) DE
Discharge 2013: ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (A8-0283/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (A8-0282/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: ENIAC Joint Undertaking (A8-0285/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A8-0269/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Ebola crisis: long-term lessons (A8-0281/2015 - Charles Goerens) DE
Emission measurements in the automotive sector (B8-1075/2015, B8-1075/2015, B8-1076/2015, B8-1077/2015, B8-1078/2015, B8-1079/2015, B8-1080/2015) DE
Reform of the electoral law of the EU (debate) DE
European Citizens' Initiative (debate) DE
Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and hate speech in Europe (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (debate) DE
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (debate) DE
Payment services in the internal market (A8-0266/2015 - Antonio Tajani) DE
Mortgage legislation and risky financial instruments in the EU: the case of Spain (B8-0987/2015) DE
The death penalty (B8-0998/2015, B8-0998/2015, B8-0999/2015, B8-1001/2015, B8-1005/2015, B8-1006/2015, B8-1007/2015, B8-1008/2015) DE
Lessons learned from the red mud disaster five years after the accident in Hungary (B8-0989/2015) DE
Renewal of the EU Plan of action on Gender equality and Women's empowerment in development (B8-0988/2015) DE
Equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (A8-0213/2015 - Anna Záborská) DE
Parliament's calendar of part-sessions – 2017 DE
Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement on the general principles for the participation of Tunisia in Union programmes (A8-0254/2015 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) DE
European small claims procedure and European order for payment procedure (A8-0140/2015 - Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg) DE
Limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air (A8-0160/2015 - Andrzej Grzyb) DE
Caseins and caseinates intended for human consumption (A8-0042/2015 - Giovanni La Via) DE
Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (A8-0049/2015 - Ingeborg Gräßle) DE
Decision adopted on the Capital Markets Union package (debate) DE
Renewal of the EU Plan of action on Gender equality and Women's empowerment in development (debate) DE
ILO Forced Labour Convention: judicial cooperation in criminal matters (A8-0226/2015 - Helga Stevens) DE
Subjecting 4-methylamphetamine to control measures (A8-0265/2015 - Michał Boni) DE
Subjecting 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole to control measures (A8-0263/2015 - Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio) DE
Subjecting 25I-NBOMe, AH-7921, MDPV and methoxetamine to control measures (A8-0264/2015 - Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio) DE
Subjecting 4,4'-DMAR and MT-45 to control measures (A8-0262/2015 - Michał Boni) DE
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: disasters in Bulgaria and Greece in 2015 (A8-0253/2015 - Andrey Novakov) DE
Possible extension of geographical indication protection of the EU to non-agricultural products (A8-0259/2015 - Virginie Rozière) DE
Common provisions on European Structural and Investment Funds: specific measures for Greece (A8-0260/2015 - Iskra Mihaylova) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/002 DE/Adam Opel (A8-0273/2015 - Jens Geier) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk (A8-0272/2015 - Paul Rübig) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia (A8-0274/2015 - Monika Vana) DE
Role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation (A8-0232/2015 - Eleni Theocharous) DE
Common provisions on European Structural and Investment Funds: specific measures for Greece (debate) DE
Common provisions on European Structural and Investment Funds: specific measures for Greece (debate) DE
Council Decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy, Greece and Hungary [COM(2015)0451 - C8-0271/2015 - 2015/0209(NLE)] DE
Conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on migration (14 September 2015) (debate) DE
Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU (A8-0173/2015 - Tamás Deutsch) DE
Assessment of the 2012 European Year for active ageing and solidarity between generations (A8-0241/2015 - Eduard Kukan) DE
Implementation of the 2011 White paper on transport (A8-0246/2015 - Wim van de Camp) DE
EEA-Switzerland: Obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market (A8-0244/2015 - Andreas Schwab) DE
Empowering girls through education in the EU (A8-0206/2015 - Liliana Rodrigues) DE
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combatting unemployment (A8-0247/2015 - Verónica Lope Fontagné) DE
30th and 31st annual reports on monitoring the application of EU law (2012-2013) (A8-0242/2015 - Kostas Chrysogonos) DE
Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century (A8-0222/2015 - Martina Dlabajová) DE
Fisheries partnership agreement with Guinea-Bissau: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (report) (A8-0236/2015 - João Ferreira) DE
Fisheries partnership agreement with Cape Verde: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (report) (A8-0200/2015 - Peter van Dalen) DE
Fisheries partnership agreement with Madagascar: fishing opportunities and financial contribution (A8-0196/2015 - Ricardo Serrão Santos) DE
Protocol amending the Marrakesh agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (Trade facilitation agreement) (A8-0238/2015 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain) DE
Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (A8-0245/2015 - Ska Keller) DE
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment - Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century - Precarious employment (debate) DE
Trade in seal products (A8-0186/2015 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) DE
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (A8-0230/2015 - Laura Ferrara) DE
Human rights and technology in third countries (A8-0178/2015 - Marietje Schaake) DE
Protecting the EU's financial interests: towards performance-based controls of the CAP (A8-0240/2015 - Petri Sarvamaa) DE
Family businesses in Europe (A8-0223/2015 - Angelika Niebler) DE
Research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (A8-0214/2015 - João Ferreira) DE
Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (A8-0207/2015 - Mircea Diaconu) DE
Follow up to the European citizens' initiative Right2Water (A8-0228/2015 - Lynn Boylan) DE
Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (debate) DE
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate) DE
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate) DE
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate) DE
European Agenda on Security (B8-0676/2015, B8-0679/2015) DE
Security challenges in the Middle East and North Africa and prospects for political stability (A8-0193/2015 - Vincent Peillon) DE
Review of the European neighbourhood policy (A8-0194/2015 - Eduard Kukan) DE
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) DE
Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (protocol to take account of the accession of Croatia) (A8-0188/2015 - Ivo Vajgl) DE
Scientific and technological cooperation with India: renewal of the agreement (A8-0179/2015 - Jerzy Buzek) DE
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (A8-0158/2015 - Sergio Gaetano Cofferati) DE
Scientific and technological cooperation with Switzerland: Horizon 2020 and ITER activities (A8-0181/2015 - Jerzy Buzek) DE
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A8-0205/2015 - Laura Agea) DE
Green employment initiative (A8-0204/2015 - Jean Lambert) DE
Tax avoidance and tax evasion as challenges in developing countries (A8-0184/2015 - Elly Schlein) DE
Annual report on Human Rights in the world in 2014 (debate) DE
Nomination of a Member of the Court of Auditors - Bettina Michelle Jakobsen (A8-0198/2015 - Igor Šoltes) DE
Fishing opportunities in EU waters for fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela off the coast of French Guiana (A8-0195/2015 - João Ferreira) DE
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund: Floods in Romania, Bulgaria and Italy (A8-0211/2015 - Siegfried Mureşan) DE
Extension of the term of office of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect DE
Draft amending budget No 1/2015: European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) (A8-0221/2015 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) DE
Review of the implementation of the Dairy package (A8-0187/2015 - James Nicholson) DE
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (debate) DE
European Fund for Strategic Investments (A8-0139/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes, Udo Bullmann) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2015/000 TA 2015 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission (A8-0185/2015 - Gérard Deprez) DE
Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (A8-0190/2015 - Pervenche Berès) DE
Strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia (A8-0171/2015 - Ioan Mircea Paşcu) DE
Recent revelations of high-level corruption cases in FIFA (RC-B8-0548/2015, B8-0548/2015, B8-0549/2015, B8-0550/2015, B8-0571/2015, B8-0572/2015, B8-0573/2015, B8-0574/2015) DE
Conclusion of the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol (A8-0167/2015 - Elisabetta Gardini) DE
Accession of Croatia to the Convention on mutual assistance in criminal matters (A8-0156/2015 - Birgit Sippel) DE
Accession of Croatia to the Convention on the fight against corruption involving EC officials or officials of Member States (A8-0157/2015 - Filiz Hyusmenova) DE
State of EU-Russia relations (A8-0162/2015 - Gabrielius Landsbergis) DE
European energy security strategy (A8-0164/2015 - Algirdas Saudargas) DE
2014 Progress Report on Turkey (B8-0455/2015) DE
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (A8-0163/2015 - Maria Noichl) DE
Intellectual property rights in third countries (A8-0161/2015 - Alessia Maria Mosca) DE
Intellectual property rights: an EU action plan (A8-0169/2015 - Pavel Svoboda) DE
EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (debate) DE
Decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments - 2014/0014(COD) (B8-0362/2015) DE
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (A8-0054/2015 - Arnaud Danjean) DE
Financing the Common Security and Defence Policy (A8-0136/2015 - Eduard Kukan, Indrek Tarand) DE
Information accompanying transfers of funds (A8-0154/2015 - Timothy Kirkhope, Peter Simon) DE
Self-certification of importers of minerals and metals originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (A8-0141/2015 - Iuliu Winkler) DE
Maternity leave (B8-0453/2015) DE
Outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa affecting olive trees (B8-0450/2015, B8-0451/2015, B8-0451/2015, B8-0452/2015, B8-0456/2015, B8-0457/2015, B8-0458/2015) DE
Safer healthcare in Europe (A8-0142/2015 - Piernicola Pedicini) DE
Green growth opportunities for SMEs (A8-0135/2015 - Philippe De Backer) DE
Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing - Information accompanying transfers of funds (debate) DE
Maternity leave (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Alcohol strategy (B8-0357/2015) DE
Persecution of the Christians around the world, in relation to the killing of students in Kenya by terror group Al-Shabaab (B8-0369/2015, RC-B8-0382/2015, B8-0382/2015, B8-0383/2015, B8-0385/2015, B8-0386/2015, B8-0387/2015, B8-0388/2015) DE
Destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da'esh (B8-0375/2015, B8-0375/2015, B8-0389/2015, B8-0390/2015, B8-0391/2015, B8-0393/2015, B8-0403/2015, B8-0405/2015) DE
Situation in the Maldives (RC-B8-0392/2015, B8-0392/2015, B8-0395/2015, B8-0397/2015, B8-0399/2015, B8-0401/2015, B8-0402/2015, B8-0404/2015) DE
2014 Progress Report on Albania (B8-0358/2015) DE
2014 Progress Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (B8-0359/2015) DE
European Investment Bank annual report 2013 (A8-0057/2015 - Ernest Urtasun) DE
Expo Milano 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life (B8-0360/2015) DE
Situation in Nigeria (B8-0128/2015, B8-0129/2015, RC-B8-0370/2015, B8-0370/2015, B8-0371/2015, B8-0374/2015, B8-0394/2015, B8-0396/2015, B8-0398/2015, B8-0400/2015) DE
Money market funds (A8-0041/2015 - Neena Gill) DE
European Public Prosecutor's Office (A8-0055/2015 - Monica Macovei) DE
Discharge 2013: EU general budget - European Commission and executive agencies (A8-0101/2015 - Ingeborg Gräßle) DE
2013 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies (A8-0070/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (A8-0117/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) (A8-0079/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Police College (CEPOL) (A8-0086/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Banking Authority (EBA) (A8-0072/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (A8-0098/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (A8-0096/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Medicines Agency (EMA) (A8-0075/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (A8-0087/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (A8-0076/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) (A8-0092/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Discharge 2013: European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) (A8-0093/2015 - Ryszard Czarnecki) DE
Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system (A8-0053/2015 - Olga Sehnalová) DE
Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive (A8-0025/2015 - Nils Torvalds) DE
Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A8-0130/2015 - Margrete Auken) DE
European Public Prosecutor's Office (debate) DE
European Public Prosecutor's Office (debate) DE
Envisaged EU-Mexico PNR agreement (debate) DE
Armenian genocide 100th anniversary (RC-B8-0342/2015, B8-0342/2015, B8-0343/2015, B8-0344/2015, B8-0346/2015, B8-0347/2015, B8-0348/2015, B8-0349/2015) DE
International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during WW II (B8-0326/2015) DE
Macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (A8-0056/2015 - Gabrielius Landsbergis) DE
Annual Tax report (A8-0040/2015 - Eva Kaili) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the EU policy on the matter (A8-0023/2015 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) (vote) DE
Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament (A8-0039/2015 - Elmar Brok) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the EU policy on the matter (A8-0023/2015 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) DE
Relations between the EU and the League of Arab States and cooperation in countering terrorism (RC-B8-0215/2008, B8-0215/2015, B8-0216/2015, B8-0221/2015, B8-0222/2015, B8-0223/2015, B8-0224/2015, B8-0225/2015) DE
Establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (A8-0038/2015 - Gabriel Mato) DE
Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Montenegro (A8-0051/2014 - Andrzej Duda) DE
2014 Progress report on Montenegro (B8-0211/2015) DE
2014 Progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (B8-0212/2015) DE
2014 Progress report on Serbia (B8-0213/2015) DE
The European integration process of Kosovo (B8-0214/2015) DE
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2015 (A8-0037/2015 - Dariusz Rosati) DE
Fight against child sexual abuse on the Internet (RC-B8-0217/2015, B8-0217/2015, B8-0218/2015, B8-0219/2015, B8-0220/2015, B8-0226/2015, B8-0227/2015) DE
European long-term investment funds (debate) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2014/011 BE/Caterpillar (A8-0033/2015 - Anneli Jäätteenmäki) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2014/012 BE/ArcelorMittal (A8-0035/2015 - Victor Negrescu) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2013/007 BE/Hainaut Steel (Duferco-NLMK) (A8-0031/2015 - Andrej Plenković) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2013/009 PL/Zachem (A8-0036/2015 - Jan Olbrycht) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2014/014 DE/Aleo Solar (A8-0030/2015 - Iris Hoffmann) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - application EGF/2013/011 BE/Saint-Gobain Sekurit (A8-0034/2015 - Liadh Ní Riada) DE
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (A8-0015/2015 - Marc Tarabella) DE
European Central Bank annual report for 2013 (A8-0011/2015 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain) DE
2014 Progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate) DE
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) DE
Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013 (debate) DE
One-minute speeches (Rule 163) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Setting-up of a special committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (B8-0169/2015) DE
Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, in particular in the IS context (RC-B8-0136/2015, B8-0136/2015, B8-0137/2015, B8-0138/2015, B8-0139/2015, B8-0140/2015, B8-0141/2015, B8-0142/2015) DE
Accession of Gabon to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0007/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of Andorra to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0004/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of the Seychelles to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0006/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of Russia to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0008/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of Albania to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0002/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of Singapore to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0003/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of Morocco to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0005/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Accession of Armenia to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (A8-0009/2015 - Heidi Hautala) DE
US Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA (B8-0098/2015, RC-B8-0123/2015, B8-0123/2015, B8-0133/2015) DE
Anti-terrorism measures (B8-0100/2015, RC-B8-0122/2015, B8-0122/2015, B8-0124/2015, B8-0125/2015, B8-0126/2015, B8-0127/2015, B8-0132/2015) DE
Country of origin labelling for meat ingredients in processed food (B8-0097/2015) DE
The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (A8-0012/2015 - Charles Goerens) DE
Promotion of employee financial participation (debate) DE
Promotion of employee financial participation (debate) DE
Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (debate) DE
Commission's group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (debate) DE
Commission's group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (debate) DE
Anti-terrorism measures (debate) DE
European fund for strategic investments (debate) DE
Situation in Libya (RC-B8-0011/2015, B8-0011/2015, B8-0013/2015, B8-0014/2015, B8-0030/2015, B8-0031/2015, B8-0032/2015, B8-0033/2015) (vote) DE
Situation in Libya (RC-B8-0011/2015, B8-0011/2015, B8-0013/2015, B8-0014/2015, B8-0030/2015, B8-0031/2015, B8-0032/2015, B8-0033/2015) DE
Situation in Ukraine (RC-B8-0008/2015, B8-0008/2015, B8-0018/2015, B8-0020/2015, B8-0021/2015, B8-0025/2015, B8-0027/2015, B8-0029/2015) DE
Commission work programme 2015 (RC-B8-0001/2015, B8-0001/2015, B8-0007/2015, B8-0034/2015, B8-0035/2015, B8-0037/2015, B8-0038/2015, B8-0039/2015) DE
Women on company boards (debate) DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Preparations for the European Council meeting (18-19 December 2014) (debate) DE
Preparations for the European Council meeting (18-19 December 2014) (debate) DE
US Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA (debate) DE
Economic governance review of the 6-pack and 2-pack regulations (debate) DE
Renewing the EU Internal Security Strategy (debate) DE
Motion of censure on the Commission (B8-0249/2014) DE
25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (B8-0285/2014) DE
Commission Jobs, Growth and Investment Package (debate) DE
25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (debate) DE
Employment and social aspects of the EU2020 strategy (debate) DE
Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the Agreement between the European Union and Canada on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data by air carriers to the Canadian Border Services Agency (B8-0265/2014) DE
The EU and the global development framework after 2015 (A8-0037/2014 - Davor Ivo Stier) DE
Situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/007 IE/Andersen Ireland (A8-0024/2014 - Ivan Štefanec) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/009 EL/Sprider Stores (A8-0023/2014 - Victor Negrescu) DE
Conclusion of an Association agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova (A8-0022/2014 - Petras Auštrevičius) DE
Statement by the President of the Commission DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (A8-0021/2014 - Gabrielius Landsbergis) DE
2012 discharge: European Council and Council (A8-0010/2014 - Tamás Deutsch) DE
Election of the Commission DE
Draft amending budget No 2/2014 - surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2013 (A8-0018/2014 - Gérard Deprez) DE
Draft general budget of the European Union - 2015 financial year DE
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (A8-0019/2014 - Philippe De Backer) DE
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (debate) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/004 ES/Comunidad Valenciana metal (A8-0013/2014 - Patricija Šulin) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2013/012 BE/Ford Genk (A8-0015/2014 - Paul Rübig) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2013/002 BE/Carsid (A8-0017/2014 - Petri Sarvamaa) DE
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2014/006 FR/PSA (A8-0016/2014 - Isabelle Thomas) DE
Review of the Barroso II Commission (debate) DE
Order of business DE
EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world (debate) DE
EU response to the Ebola outbreak (RC-B8-0107/2014, B8-0107/2014, B8-0108/2014, B8-0114/2014, B8-0115/2014, B8-0119/2014, B8-0124/2014, B8-0126/2014) (vote) DE
Preparation of the Eurozone summit (debate) DE
Situation in Iraq and Syria and the ISIS offensive including the persecution of minorities (debate) DE
Access to life-saving medicines in Europe (debate) DE
Withdrawal of the maternity leave directive (debate) DE
Adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (debate) DE
Order of business DE
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance DE
Election of the President of the European Parliament DE
Shadow reports (38)
REPORT on the implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182 - Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020 PDF (480 KB) DOC (88 KB)
REPORT on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism PDF (617 KB) DOC (98 KB)
INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, by the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence PDF (622 KB) DOC (76 KB)
REPORT Towards a pan-European covered bonds framework PDF (422 KB) DOC (70 KB)
REPORT on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap PDF (401 KB) DOC (85 KB)
REPORT on FinTech: the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector PDF (372 KB) DOC (85 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa, as part of the Internal Security Fund for the period 2014 to 2020 PDF (452 KB) DOC (59 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds and Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds PDF (635 KB) DOC (86 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC)1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals PDF (447 KB) DOC (55 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System PDF (627 KB) DOC (99 KB)
REPORT on women and their roles in rural areas PDF (389 KB) DOC (70 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes and amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 PDF (1 MB) DOC (189 KB)
REPORT on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-2015 PDF (1 MB) DOC (929 KB)
REPORT on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services PDF (363 KB) DOC (82 KB)
REPORT on the draft Council implementing decision amending Decision 2009/935/JHA as regards the list of third States and organisations with which Europol shall conclude agreements PDF (463 KB) DOC (58 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a Union programme to support specific activities enhancing the involvement of consumers and other financial services end-users in Union policy making in the field of financial services for the period of 2017-2020 PDF (654 KB) DOC (84 KB)
REPORT on the annual report on EU competition policy PDF (554 KB) DOC (121 KB)
REPORT on promoting gender equality in mental health and clinical research PDF (501 KB) DOC (88 KB)
REPORT on rights of women in the Eastern Partnership States PDF (450 KB) DOC (83 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federated States of Micronesia on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (452 KB) DOC (53 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Solomon Islands on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (452 KB) DOC (56 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (454 KB) DOC (58 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Tuvalu on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (449 KB) DOC (49 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 258/2014 establishing a Union Programme to support specific activities in the field of financial reporting and auditing for the period of 2014-20 PDF (621 KB) DOC (61 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China on the short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports PDF (457 KB) DOC (62 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Ukraine) PDF (474 KB) DOC (51 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Georgia) PDF (472 KB) DOC (60 KB)
REPORT on creating labour market conditions favourable for work-life balance PDF (496 KB) DOC (192 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading PDF (1 MB) DOC (776 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (revision of the suspension mechanism) PDF (588 KB) DOC (331 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA PDF (736 KB) DOC (398 KB)
REPORT on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age PDF (381 KB) DOC (167 KB)
REPORT on the Banking Union – Annual Report 2015 PDF (403 KB) DOC (130 KB)
REPORT on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2016 PDF (395 KB) DOC (172 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/1995 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas PDF (460 KB) DOC (102 KB)
REPORT on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU PDF (348 KB) DOC (141 KB)
REPORT on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Croatia to the Convention of 26 July 1995, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests, the Protocol of 27 September 1996, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, to the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests, the Protocol of 29 November 1996, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the interpretation, by way of preliminary rulings, by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests and the Second Protocol of 19 June 1997, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, to the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests PDF (362 KB) DOC (87 KB)
REPORT on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2013 PDF (175 KB) DOC (130 KB)
Shadow opinions (21)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market
OPINION on legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies
OPINION on the implementation of Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services
OPINION on addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU external action
OPINION on a European Pillar of Social Rights
OPINION on the annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015
OPINION on how the CAP can improve job creation in rural areas
OPINION on the activities, impact and added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund between 2007 and 2014
OPINION on the report on the application of Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC
OPINION on social dumping in the European Union
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2014
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
OPINION on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 - all sections
OPINION on tax evasion and tax fraud: challenges for governance, social protection and development in developing countries
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014)
OPINION on the Ebola Crisis: the long-term lessons and how to strengthen health systems in developing countries to prevent future crises
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work
Institutional motions (81)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (177 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on funding of political parties and political foundations at European level PDF (159 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ethiopia, notably the case of Dr Merera Gudina PDF (163 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zambia, particularly the case of Hakainde Hichilema PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan PDF (164 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bangladesh, including child marriages PDF (181 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union PDF (178 KB) DOC (56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines – the case of Senator Leila M. De Lima PDF (156 KB) DOC (48 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, the case of Pastor Evan Mawarire and other cases of restriction of freedom of expression PDF (150 KB) DOC (48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines, the case of senator Leila M. De Lima PDF (184 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua, the case of Francesca Ramirez PDF (166 KB) DOC (49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on executions in Kuwait and Bahrain PDF (199 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (172 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti PDF (163 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass graves in Iraq PDF (158 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti PDF (176 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Rohingya Minority in Myanmar PDF (169 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass graves in Iraq PDF (196 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Turkey PDF (169 KB) DOC (71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Northern Iraq/Mosul PDF (161 KB) DOC (87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Thailand, notably the situation of Andy Hall PDF (153 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (167 KB) DOC (89 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Victoire Ingabire PDF (291 KB) DOC (83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (289 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (289 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (295 KB) DOC (91 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (171 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (174 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (173 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tajikistan: situation of prisoners of conscience PDF (164 KB) DOC (86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Cambodia PDF (173 KB) DOC (69 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on transatlantic data flows PDF (275 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on transatlantic data flows PDF (175 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the follow-up to and state of play of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals PDF (179 KB) DOC (76 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on attacks on hospitals and schools as violations of international humanitarian law PDF (295 KB) DOC (87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (157 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (155 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (271 KB) DOC (64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS PDF (354 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (264 KB) DOC (61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia PDF (166 KB) DOC (91 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU citizens under detention in India, notably Italian, Estonian and UK citizens PDF (260 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ethiopia PDF (259 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Hungary PDF (252 KB) DOC (63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (286 KB) DOC (79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (292 KB) DOC (85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Cambodia PDF (142 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (148 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (141 KB) DOC (71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (170 KB) DOC (97 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty PDF (155 KB) DOC (81 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr PDF (159 KB) DOC (80 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr - Saudi citizen condemned to death PDF (148 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the displacement of children in Northern Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks PDF (159 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Thailand PDF (147 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (137 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty PDF (255 KB) DOC (65 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (155 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (135 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (264 KB) DOC (71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Nadiya Savchenko PDF (136 KB) DOC (64 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (139 KB) DOC (67 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nigeria PDF (154 KB) DOC (80 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the imprisonment of human and workers' rights activists in Algeria PDF (117 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The case of Nadiya Savchenko PDF (130 KB) DOC (58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (136 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nigeria PDF (238 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh PDF (234 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the killing of students in Kenya by the terror group al-Shabaab PDF (226 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies PDF (233 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide PDF (127 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent attacks and abductions by Da’esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (150 KB) DOC (75 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on relations between the EU and the League of Arab States and cooperation in countering terrorism PDF (142 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent attacks and abductions by Da'esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (129 KB) DOC (59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela PDF (220 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and the League of Arab States to cooperate on counter-terrorism PDF (140 KB) DOC (60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fight against child sexual abuse on the internet PDF (239 KB) DOC (58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Mr Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia PDF (141 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Saudi Arabia, the case of Raif Badawi PDF (117 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Iraq and Syria, and the ISIS offensive, including the persecution of minorities PDF (129 KB) DOC (59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan – the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim PDF (138 KB) DOC (66 KB)
Oral questions (7)
Major interpellation - Abolishing UNRWA PDF (187 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Major interpellation - EU Army PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Major interpellation - 2017 Observance of the International Day of the Family: promoting the role of parents in safeguarding good-quality education for their children PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Major interpellation - Cooperation between human traffickers and NGOs engaged in search and rescue in the Mediterranean PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Increased terrorism threat PDF (97 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Access to finance for SMEs PDF (197 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Compliance of the German provisions on the minimum wage with European law PDF DOC
Written explanations (215)
Subjecting acryloylfentanyl to control measures (A8-0284/2017 - Brice Hortefeux)
I abstained on this EU-Parliament draft legislative resolution on the draft Council implementing decision on subjecting N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacrylamide (acryloylfentanyl) to control measures.Given the impact of this drug on health there is an interest in seeing control measures implemented. However, this should be left to the Member States, not the EU.
EU political relations with India (A8-0242/2017 - Cristian Dan Preda)
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy (A8-0280/2017 - Giovanni La Via)
I voted for the European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy.Given that this funding had been budgeted and the legitimate humanitarian need by a Member State, I voted to provide Italy with financial support.
Draft amending budget No 4/2017 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy (A8-0281/2017 - Jens Geier)
I voted for motion for a European Parliament resolution on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 4/2017 of the European Union for the financial year 2017 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to ItalyGiven that this was a budget-neutral transfer and the legitimate humanitarian need by a Member State, I voted to provide Italy with financial support.
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/002 FI Microsoft 2 (A8-0278/2017 - Petri Sarvamaa)
I voted against the motion for a European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Finland – EGF/2017/002 FI Microsoft 2).Member States should be responsible for handling the extent to which they would like to interfere with labour markets and training. The EU should not be involved in this issue.
EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): continuing current limitations of scope for aviation activities and preparing to implement a global market-based measure from 2021 (A8-0258/2017 - Julie Girling)
I voted against the European Parliament draft legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to continue current limitations of scope for aviation activities and to prepare to implement a global market-based measure from 2021.This is just another example of the EU’s regulatory interference that slows economic growth. Member States should be left free to implement such schemes if they wish to do so.
Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (A8-0262/2017 - Norbert Lins)
I voted against European Parliament draft legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change.The current approach to limit CO2 output in Europe is wasteful, distorts energy markets and harms consumers. The degree to which humans are having an impact on changes in global climate is fraught with uncertainty. Even if we were absolutely 100% certain that humanity is the main driver behind climate change this does not validate the current approach. Further minor reductions in CO2 emissions born by Europe will not matter given the vast output from the United States and China and future contributions from India and the developing word.Furthermore, if the current models regarding climate change are accurate then global warming is unavoidable and public investments by Member States would be better spent preparing for the consequences of rises in temperature.
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean DAS- 68416-4 (B8-0498/2017)
I abstained on the European Parliament resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean DAS-68416-4, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed.Regulations should be implemented to address consumer concerns regarding GMO. However, this issue should be handled by individual Member States, not the EU.
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: draft Commission implementing Regulation amending Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/6 as regards feed and food subjected to special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station (B8-0502/2017)
I abstained on the European Parliament resolution on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/6 as regards feed and food subjected to special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station.Governments provide a certain minimum level of regulation to protect consumers. However, such measures should be devised and implemented by the Member States, not the EU.
Draft amending budget No 3/2017: budgetary resources of the Youth Employment Initiative; establishment plans of ACER and SESAR2 (A8-0282/2017 - Jens Geier)
I voted against the motion for a European Parliament resolution on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2017 to the European Union for the financial year 2017 increasing the budgetary resources of the Youth Employment Initiative to pursue the reduction of youth unemployment across the European Union and updating the staff establishment plans of the decentralised agency ACER and the joint undertaking SESAR2.The proposal calls for an increase to the budget ceiling for the EU ‘Youth Employment Initiative’ by an extra EUR 500 million. The EU should be cutting back on wasteful initiatives. Regulatory competition among the Member States will help develop best practices on how best to raise youth employment.
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (A8-0264/2017 - Bodil Valero)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament resolution on arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP.Arms exports are closely linked to both the economic, foreign and security interests of individual Member States. The EU should respect their sovereignty by refraining from interfering in this area.
EU political relations with Latin America (A8-0268/2017 - Javi López)
Corruption and human rights in third countries (A8-0246/2017 - Petras Auštrevičius)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament resolution on corruption and human rights in third countries.The EU is not the right vehicle to tackle corruption and human rights abuses. The Member States themselves as well as business and NGOs would be more appropriate mediums of advocacy in addition to international bodies.
EU-Iceland Agreement on the protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs (A8-0254/2017 - David Borrelli)
I abstained on the motion for an EU-Parliament draft legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland on the protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs.Iceland, as a sovereign nation, has agreed to accept that EU products with geographical indications (GIs) receive the same protection in Iceland as in the rest of the EU. However sensible GIs as a regulation may be, their creation and implementation should be left to each individual Member State. Therefore, I chose to abstain.
EU-Iceland Agreement concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products (A8-0256/2017 - David Borrelli)
I abstained on the motion for an EU-Parliament draft legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products.Iceland, as a sovereign nation, has agreed to lower tariffs and increased quotas for agricultural products made in the EU. While the benefits of trade liberalisation are well known, Member States are more than capable of negotiating their own trade deals. Therefore, I chose to abstain.
The functioning of franchising in the retail sector (A8-0199/2017 - Dennis de Jong)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament legislative resolution on the functioning of franchising in the retail sector.It is the Member States who should be the ones deciding whether or not and how to legislate on franchising in the retail sector. The European Commission should not expand its regulatory scope and level of interference. Nor should statistical monitoring by the Commission be conducted as such measures are the first steps down the path of regulatory harmonisation, overreach and centralisation at the EU level.
A Space Strategy for Europe (A8-0250/2017 - Constanze Krehl)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament resolution on a Space Strategy for Europe.A Space Strategy would only serve to increase current levels of waste, expand the EU’s budget and further encroach upon the sovereignty of the Member States. However, of greatest concern is that this would serve a function towards the creation of an EU army. Given current tensions between the EU and Russia, the expansion of EU action in space risks escalating the current conflict.
Academic further and distance education as part of the European lifelong learning strategy (A8-0252/2017 - Milan Zver)
I voted against the motion for a Parliament resolution on academic further and distance education as part of the European lifelong learning strategy.Education should be left to the Member States. Furthermore, the costs of access to information continue to fall while the size of information expands ever more. Individuals, families, NGOs and businesses are more than capable of voluntarily pursuing, supporting and engaging in further and distance education to obtain its benefits.
Repeal of obsolete regulations with regard to inland waterway and road haulage sectors (A8-0228/2017 - Karima Delli)
I voted for a Parliament draft legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89, Regulations (EC) No 2888/2000 and (EC) No 685/2001.The benefits of repealing obsolete regulations are obvious. The EU would do better to shift its focus from legislative expansion and overreach to repealing burdensome regulations that have stymied growth.
Promotion of internet connectivity in local communities (A8-0181/2017 - Carlos Zorrinho)
I voted against the motion for a Parliament draft legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 as regards the promotion of internet connectivity in local communities.This draft legislative resolution violates the principle of subsidiarity. This is simply a thinly veiled attempt by the EU to prevent its falling popularity by offering Member States’ citizens freebies. Both Parliament and the Commission would do well to remember that, ‘There is no such thing as a free lunch’.
Measures to safeguard the security of gas supply (A8-0310/2016 - Jerzy Buzek)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament draft legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010.The EU should not be interfering in an area where decisions should be made by energy consumers. An open, healthy, and competitive energy market is the best means by which consumers will have access to affordable and stable energy. Furthermore, we should avoid interference in our neighbour’s internal affairs as this serves to threaten the energy security of the Member States.
Whale hunting in Norway (B8-0499/2017)
. – I voted against the EU-Parliament resolution on whale hunting in Norway.It is one thing for a Member State to prohibit whale hunting, it is quite different for the EU to act as a medium by which to attempt to pressure Norway to adopt those values. This matter should be handled through the appropriate international organisations.
EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (A8-0266/2017 - Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt) DE
. – Niemand braucht dieses „Übereinkommen des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt“, denn alle Mitgliedstaaten der EU und des Europarats verfügen bereits über entsprechende wirksame nationale Gesetze und Prozeduren, um Gewalt gegen Frauen und Männer zu bekämpfen.Aber darum geht es bei der Istanbul-Konvention nicht. Die vielen Paragraphen versperren den Blick auf das Hauptziel: den Begriff „Gender“ als „sozial konstruiertes Geschlecht“ erstmals in eine internationale Konvention einzuführen. Die Istanbul-Konvention basiert nämlich ausdrücklich auf dem Begriff „Gender“ als dritter, politisch und künstlich veränderbarer Kategorie neben den biologisch unveränderbaren Geschlechtern von „Mann“ und „Frau“ (Art. 43). Alle Kategorien von Personen, die nicht dem natürlichen Geschlecht „Mann“ und „Frau“ entsprechen, werden dadurch legimitiert. Damit erkennt die Istanbul-Konvention alle individuellen Lebensentwürfe offiziell als gesellschaftlich gleichwertig an (Art. 53) – und zwar ohne weitere Mitspracherechte der nationalen Parlamente. Das Übereinkommen muss ohne Rücksicht auf das biologische oder soziale Geschlecht, die sexuelle Ausrichtung (LGBT), die Geschlechtsidentität oder den Familienstand angewandt werden (Art 4.3). Bewährte Geschlechterrollen (beispielsweise die Rolle des Vaters und die Rolle der Mutter), Bräuche oder Traditionen sollen hingegen abgeschafft werden. Deswegen habe ich dagegen gestimmt, dass die EU „als Staat“ dieser Konvention beitritt. Die Altparteien sehen das anders. Deren Vertreter stimmten dafür.
Impact of international trade and EU’s trade policies on global value chains (A8-0269/2017 - Maria Arena)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament resolution on the impact of international trade and the EU’s trade policies on global value chains.Free trade deals are simple things. It is an agreement by two countries in which they agree to remove quotas, tariffs, subsidies and other barriers to trade. The EU practices managed trade deals in through which it attempts to intervene in the internal affairs of other countries by promoting certain values. The EU is not the right vehicle to promote our values. Advocacy should be left to where it is done best: NGOs such as civil rights groups and religious intuitions.
2016 Report on Turkey (A8-0234/2017 - Kati Piri) DE
Die FDP verhält sich, als ob sie den Türkei-Beitritt wolle, auch wenn sie anderes sagt. Sie stimmt gegen das Ende der Beitrittsverhandlungen. Die Türkei-Debatte in dieser Woche entlarvte die FDP. Ihren großen Ankündigungen folgte – das Gegenteil. In der Debatte forderte der FDP-Bundestagskandidat Graf Lambsdorff das Ende der Beitrittsverhandlungen aufgrund der Situation der Menschenrechte und der ablehnenden Haltung der deutschen Bevölkerung. Anschließend stimmten die drei FDP-Europaabgeordneten jedoch gegen meinen Änderungsantrag, in dem ich nicht nur das sofortige, sondern auch das endgültige Ende der Beitrittsverhandlungen fordere. Fazit: Die FDP will die Verhandlungen nur auf Eis legen, ist aber nicht gegen den Türkei-Beitritt an sich. Ich halte mich indes an meine politischen Vorstellungen und habe gegen die Entschließung gestimmt.
Setting up a special committee on terrorism, its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office (B8-0477/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments über die Einsetzung eines Sonderausschusses zur Terrorismusbekämpfung, seine Zuständigkeiten, die Zahl seiner Mitglieder und die Dauer seiner Amtszeit – Vorschlag für einen Beschluss – habe ich abgelehnt.Ein weiterer Ausschuss ist unnötig und purer Aktionismus. Das EU-Parlament handelt getreu dem Motto: Wenn Du nicht mehr weiterweißt, dann gründe einen Arbeitskreis.
European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) and establishing the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund (A8-0170/2017 - Eduard Kukan, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über den Europäischen Fonds für nachhaltige Entwicklung (EFSD) und die Einrichtung der EFSD-Garantie und des EFSD-Garantiefonds habe ich abgelehnt.Es geht um die Umsetzung der Agenda 2030, die verfehlt ist. Investitionen in Afrika müssen stattfinden, weil diese Länder attraktive Rahmenbedingungen geschaffen haben, nicht weil sie durch die EU gefördert werden. Die EU sollte ihre Zölle senken und Produkte aus Afrika nicht länger diskriminieren. Das ist besser als die in sich widersprüchliche Strategie, zunächst Zölle auf afrikanische Waren zu erheben und sodann den Aufbau von Industrien zu subventionieren. Die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit muss neu gedacht werden. Die heutigen Migrationsströme zeigen doch, dass ein neuer Anfang nötig ist und die eingetretenen Pfade verlassen werden müssen.
Permitted uses of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled (A8-0097/2017 - Max Andersson) DE
Cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled (A8-0102/2017 - Max Andersson) DE
Double taxation dispute resolution mechanisms in the EU (A8-0225/2017 - Michael Theurer) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Rates über Verfahren zur Beilegung von Doppelbesteuerungsstreitigkeiten in der Europäischen Union habe ich abgelehnt.Die EU ist nicht für Steuerrecht zuständig. Diese Richtlinie schränkt den Steuerwettbewerb weiter ein. Es ist nicht liberal, Steuervorschriften zu harmonisieren, dadurch Wettbewerb auszuschalten und steuerliche Souveränität zu untergraben.Es ist auch ein Irrglaube, dass die EU besser solche Streitbeilegungsverfahren entwickeln könnte als die Mitgliedstaaten. Woher soll eine solche großartige Kompetenz des EU-Parlaments, das keine Steuergesetzgebung macht, stammen? Woher soll die Kommission die Erfahrung dazu nehmen?
EU action for sustainability (A8-0239/2017 - Seb Dance)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament resolution on EU action for sustainability. Aid policy, a subset of foreign policy, should be decided by the Member States, not the EU. Furthermore, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, upon which this call for EU action for sustainability is based, is heavily flawed.The Agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. Resources are finite, not infinite. By failing to prioritise certain targets above others the Agenda has failed to grasp that not all targets are equal. One dollar towards malnutrition does more good than one on ending tuberculosis which is more effective than one towards ending AIDS. Furthermore, some targets are widely unrealistic or downright wasteful.
Promoting cohesion and development in the outermost regions of the EU (A8-0226/2017 - Younous Omarjee) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments über die Förderung von Kohäsion und Entwicklung in den Gebieten in äußerster Randlage der EU und die Umsetzung von Artikel 349 AEUV habe ich abgelehnt.Es geht um Subventionen für Orchideenbranchen, wie etwa die Milcherzeugung auf den Azoren. Es ist nicht erklärbar, warum Randlagen besonders gefördert werden sollen. Jede Lage hat ihre Vor- und Nachteile. Wenn zu diesen Nachteilen auch eine ökonomische Benachteiligung gehört, wie etwa dass die Produktion bestimmter Güter nicht wirtschaftlich ist, dann ist diese nicht durch Subventionen auszugleichen, sondern hinzunehmen. Die Vorteile solcher besonderer entlegener Regionen, wie etwa deren Ruhe oder Schönheit aufgrund unberührter Natur, werden ja auch nicht ausgeglichen.
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone (A8-0241/2017 - Adina-Ioana Vălean) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates zur Annahme der Änderung des Protokolls von 1999 zu dem Übereinkommen von 1979 über weiträumige grenzüberschreitende Luftverunreinigung betreffend die Verringerung von Versauerung, Eutrophierung und bodennahem Ozon habe ich mich enthalten.Es mag sein, dass bodennahes Ozon ein Schadstoff ist. In dem Abkommen geht es allerdings um Klimaschutz und Feinstaub. Es bleibt unklar, wieso Feinstaub und Klimaschutz in einem Abkommen über bodennahes Ozon geregelt werden müssen und warum dies durch die EU statt durch die Mitgliedstaaten verhandelt wird.
Conclusion of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (Consent) (A8-0232/2017 - Elena Valenciano)
I voted against the European Parliament’s non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Cuba, of the other part.Member States, not the EU, should be in charge of foreign policy. Member States have diverse interests. Once again, if we are truly to be ‘United in Diversity’ then we should leave foreign policy to the Member States.
Conclusion of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution) (A8-0233/2017 - Elena Valenciano)
I voted against the EU Parliament’s non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Cuba, of the other part.Member States, not the EU, should be in charge of foreign policy. Member States have diverse interests. Once again, if we are truly to be ‘United in Diversity’, then we should leave foreign policy to the Member States.
Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (A8-0230/2017 - Ingeborg Gräßle, Juan Fernando López Aguilar) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Standpunkt des Rates in erster Lesung im Hinblick auf den Erlass der Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die strafrechtliche Bekämpfung von gegen die finanziellen Interessen der Union gerichtetem Betrug habe ich abgelehnt.Es geht um die Vereinheitlichung von Strafrecht durch Mindest- und Höchststrafen und Einfluss auf Verjährungsregeln und Vollstreckung. Die Harmonisierung von Strafrecht durch die EU lehne ich ab. Sie verletzt die Souveränität der Mitgliedstaaten.
Union legal framework for customs infringements and sanctions (A8-0239/2016 - Kaja Kallas) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über den Rechtsrahmen der Europäischen Union in Bezug auf Zollrechtsverletzungen und Sanktionen habe ich abgelehnt.Hier geht es um eine Harmonisierung im Zollrecht. Ich lehne die Zollunion ab, da sie nicht Voraussetzung für einen gemeinsamen Markt ist. Demnach sind Regeln zur Vereinheitlichung des Umgangs mit vereinheitlichten Zollbestimmungen in meinen Augen mehr vom Schlechten.
Preparation of the Commission Work Programme for 2018 (RC-B8-0434/2017, B8-0434/2017, B8-0435/2017, B8-0450/2017, B8-0451/2017, B8-0454/2017, B8-0455/2017, B8-0456/2017) DE
Ich habe gegen die Entschließung gestimmt. Schlussendlich konnte sich das Parlament nicht auf einen gemeinsamen Standpunkt zum Arbeitsprogramm der Kommission 2018 einigen. Das zeigt, wie sehr das EU-Parlament gespalten ist, weil es nur den kleinsten gemeinsamen Nenner zwischen den verschiedenen nationalen Parteien repräsentiert. Kommissionspräsident Juncker muss sich doch ins Fäustchen lachen. Er kann die Politisierung seiner EU-Kommission ungehindert fortsetzen. Das muss verhindert werden durch eine starke Opposition im Bundestag.
2018 Budget - Mandate for the trilogue (A8-0249/2017 - Siegfried Mureşan) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Mandat für den Trilog über den Entwurf des Haushaltsplans 2018 habe ich abgelehnt.Das Budget ist zu groß, geradezu aufgebläht, zu verschwenderisch, und vor allem findet zu viel EU-Aktivität in zu vielen Bereichen statt, die in der Kompetenz der Mitgliedstaaten liegen sollten.
Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations (A8-0220/2017 - Elmar Brok, Silvia Costa) DE
Ich habe gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt, weil die EU kein Staat ist, der eine eigenständige bilaterale Kulturdiplomatie durchführen kann. Einzelne Mitgliedstaaten können und sollen sich in bilateraler Kulturdiplomatie nach einzelstaatlichen Interessen engagieren, doch die EU kann das gar nicht leisten. Und sie ist dazu nicht berechtigt.
Recommendation to the Council on the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly (A8-0216/2017 - Andrey Kovatchev) DE
Ich habe gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt. Die EU ist kein Staat und kann mithin nicht für alle 28 Mitgliedstaaten sprechen. Daher kann das EU-Parlament der EU-Kommission nicht die Prioritäten vorschreiben. Jeder Mitgliedstaat der EU ist vollberechtigter Mitgliedstaat der Vereinten Nationen. Die damit verbundenen Rechte und Pflichten muss jeder Staat eigenverantwortlich wahrnehmen und kann sie nicht an die Beamten der EU-Kommission wegdelegieren.
Building an ambitious EU industrial strategy as a strategic priority for growth, employment and innovation in Europe (RC-B8-0440/2017, B8-0439/2017, B8-0440/2017, B8-0445/2017, B8-0446/2017, B8-0447/2017, B8-0448/2017, B8-0449/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Aufbau einer ambitionierten industriepolitischen Strategie der EU als strategische Priorität für Wachstum, Beschäftigung und Innovation in Europa habe ich abgelehnt.Diese Entschließung ist drastischer Ausdruck des Anspruchs der EU, industrielle Aktivität nicht geschehen zu lassen, sondern planen zu wollen. Wenn es der EU möglich wäre, hier den Markt durch Planung zu ersetzen, so wären weite Teile der EU heute nicht deindustrialisiert. Es muss der Kommission doch ins Auge stechen, dass seit der Europäischen Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl und den ersten damals noch zarten Anfängen bürokratischer Industrieplanung diese Bemühungen nicht nur fruchtlos, sondern kontraproduktiv gewesen sind.
EU-Kosovo Framework Agreement on the general principles for the participation of Kosovo in Union programmes (A8-0207/2017 - Ulrike Lunacek)
I voted against Parliament’s legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Kosovo on the general principles for the participation of Kosovo in Union programmes.The EU requires sustained and radical reform in order to restore sovereignty to the Member States and restrict the EU to its original mission: facilitating the free movement of goods, services, labour and capital. As the number of members increases so too does the complexity of negotiations that would be required to achieve needed reforms. Therefore accession should not be considered until such reforms have been achieved.
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/001 ES/Castilla y León mining (A8-0248/2017 - Monika Vana)
I voted against the motion for a Parliament resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Spain EGF/2017/001 ES/Castilla y León mining).Globalisation is causing change all around the world. Some states have opted to adopt to the change by creating regulatory structures that incentivise growth and fluidity in their labour markets. Others wish to implement protectionist measures or provide subsidies and training. The power to choose and pay for such policies should be done at Member State level.
European standards for the 21st century (A8-0213/2017 - Marlene Mizzi)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament European resolution on standards – implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012.This is but another call by Brussels towards the full and complete harmonisation of regulations. The EU’s motto is “United in Diversity”, but in practice it is “United in Uniformity”. Harmonisation for the vast majority of regulations is unnecessary as mutual recognition ensures a thriving and competitive economy while allowing for diversity.
Towards a pan-European covered bonds framework (A8-0235/2017 - Bernd Lucke) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments über den Bericht über die Festlegung eines EU-weiten Rahmens für gedeckte Schuldverschreibungen habe ich abgelehnt.Die Kommission wird aufgefordert, einen Vorschlag für einen europäischen Rahmen für gedeckte Schuldverschreibungen (Richtlinie) vorzulegen. Diese Form der zentralisierenden Vereinheitlichung lehne ich ab. Ich befürworte ein Europa des Wettbewerbs, in dem verschiedene Rechtsordnungen miteinander um die besten Lösungen konkurrieren und Emittenten und Anleger die Möglichkeit haben, den für sie passendsten Rechtsrahmen aus der Angebotspalette der verschiedenen Mitgliedstaaten zu wählen.
The role of fisheries-related tourism in the diversification of fisheries (A8-0221/2017 - Renata Briano)
Member States should be the ones to decide how to handle the role of fisheries-related tourism in the diversification of fisheries. This is all the more true of an issue that does not concern the five Member States which are landlocked. Furthermore, this is a local issue for local residents, workers, municipalities, and businesses.
Limitation periods for traffic accidents (A8-0206/2017 - Pavel Svoboda) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments mit Empfehlungen an die Kommission zu Verjährungsfristen für Verkehrsunfälle habe ich abgelehnt.Einmal mehr wendet sich die EU gegen unterschiedliche Rechtsvorschriften in den Mitgliedstaaten. Ich halte diese Unterschiede für das Kennzeichen eines liberalen Europas, in dem Mitgliedstaaten um den Erlass der besten Schutzvorschriften für ihre Bürger konkurrieren. Konfligierende Rechtsnormen sind kein Problem, das durch die Kommission mittels Vereinheitlichung beseitigt werden muss. Vielmehr sollten schlicht und einfach die hergebrachten Regeln über die Kollision von Rechtsnormen Anwendung finden.
Common minimum standards of civil procedure (A8-0210/2017 - Emil Radev)
I voted against the motion for a European Parliament resolution with recommendations to the Commission on common minimum standards of civil procedure in the EU.Each Member States has a unique legal, cultural, and institutional history which has given rise to diverse laws and understandings of freedoms and responsibilities. Justice is a matter to be handled by the Member States, not the EU.
Macro-financial assistance to Moldova (A8-0185/2017 - Sorin Moisă) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über eine Makrofinanzhilfe für die Republik Moldau habe ich abgelehnt.Makrofinanzhilfen sind untaugliche, wirkungslose und verschwenderische Instrumente. Makrokrisen können durch Abwertung und Reformen beseitigt werden. Liquiditätshilfen verschleppen die Probleme nur. Makrofinanzhilfen werden von der EU zudem dazu genutzt, die Nachbarstaaten wirtschaftlich an die EU zu binden, erfüllen also geopolitische Zwecke.
Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (A8-0227/2017 - Hugues Bayet, Evelyn Regner) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2013/34/EU im Hinblick auf die Offenlegung von Ertragsteuerinformationen durch bestimmte Unternehmen und Zweigniederlassungen habe ich abgelehnt.Mit diesem Vorschlag wird das Steuergeheimnis von bestimmten Unternehmen aufgehoben. Das Steuergeheimnis ist essentiell für eine wirtschaftlich freie Rechtsordnung. Es muss auch für Unternehmen gelten. Außerdem: Wir befinden uns hier auf einer schiefen Ebene: Als Nächstes kommen dann die Reichen und dann alle Bürger. Fehlentwicklungen muss man im Ansatz begegnen. Daher mein Nein.
Introduction of temporary autonomous trade measures for Ukraine (A8-0193/2017 - Jarosław Wałęsa) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Einführung befristeter autonomer Handelsmaßnahmen für die Ukraine in Ergänzung der Handelszugeständnisse im Rahmen des Assoziierungsabkommens habe ich abgelehnt.Hier wird Geopolitik gemacht, um den Beitritt der Ukraine entgegen aller dagegen sprechenden Erwägungen in die EU vorzubereiten. Es geht nur vordergründig um Freihandel. Sie sollte der Ukraine schlicht Zollfreiheit ohne Gegenleistung versprechen, ohne eine politische Gegenleistung zu verlangen. Damit wäre den Verbrauchern in der EU am meisten gedient.
Draft amending budget n° 2 to the General budget 2017 entering the surplus of the financial year 2016 (A8-0229/2017 - Jens Geier) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Standpunkt des Rates zum Entwurf des Berichtigungshaushaltsplans Nr. 2/2017 der Europäischen Union für das Haushaltsjahr 2017: Einstellung des Haushaltsüberschusses 2016 habe ich abgelehnt.Das EU-Parlament zeigt sich in diesem Bericht besorgt, dass das Budget nicht voll ausgeschöpft wurde. 5 Milliarden mehr standen vor allem für Kohäsionsmaßnahmen zur Verfügung. Dies ist indes kein Grund zur Besorgnis, sondern zur Freude. Die Kohäsionspolitik muss beendet werden. Das Budget der EU muss deutlich verringert werden.
A longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies (A8-0214/2017 - Pascal Durand) DE
Addressing human rights violations in the context of war crimes, and crimes against humanity, including genocide (A8-0222/2017 - Cristian Dan Preda)
Member States should pursue how best to address human rights violations in the context of war crimes, and crimes against humanity, including genocide through appropriate intergovernmental organisations, such as the UN. The EU is not an appropriate organisation. Atrocities will be used as a pretext to further consolidate military integration among the Member States. Furthermore, foreign policy should be conducted by the Member States and not the EU.
Private security companies (A8-0191/2017 - Hilde Vautmans)
I voted against the motion for an EU-Parliament resolution on private security companies.Although the role of the state in society has changed over time, one constant has remained: states have a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force. Naturally, it is in the interests of states to regulate private security companies. However, the EU is not a state, has no claim to the legitimate use of force and therefore has no claim nor interest in regulating this industry.
Working conditions and precarious employment (A8-0224/2017 - Neoklis Sylikiotis) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Arbeitsbedingungen und prekären Beschäftigungsverhältnissen habe ich abgelehnt.Arbeitsrecht und Sozialpolitik sind Sache der Mitgliedstaaten. Das EU-Parlament sieht sich indes in der Rolle, Standards und Definitionen festzulegen. Es überschreitet seine Kompetenzen und greift in die Souveränität der Mitgliedstaaten ein.
Implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (A8-0200/2017 - José Manuel Fernandes, Udo Bullmann) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Durchführung des Europäischen Fonds für strategische Investitionen habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der EFSI ist ein völlig verfehltes Vehikel, mit dem man meint, eine vermeintliche Investitionslücke schließen zu können. Er übernimmt Risiken von Investitionen, um es Banken zu ermöglichen, sich an Projekt- und Unternehmensfinanzierungen zu beteiligen, die sonst nicht möglich seien. Das ist ein risikobehafteter Ansatz. Er löst nicht die Probleme anderenorts, insbesondere im Bankensektor. Die Banken- und Eurorettung hat Zombiebanken geschaffen, deren Wert für die Realwirtschaft gering bis nicht vorhanden ist. Man sträubt sich, diese Banken pleitegehen zu lassen, weil dies das gesamte Banken- und Finanzsystem in einer Kettenreaktion gefährden könnte. Probleme muss man an der Wurzel bekämpfen, nicht an den Symptomen. Der EFSI ist daher eine gigantomanische Spekulation auf Kosten der Steuerzahler, die beendet, nicht reformiert werden muss.
European agenda for the collaborative economy (A8-0195/2017 - Nicola Danti) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu einer Europäischen Agenda für die kollaborative Wirtschaft habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Dieser Bericht ist überflüssig. Es lässt sich kaum fassen, worum es bei dem Bericht überhaupt geht. Die angebotene Definition ist dürftig: Danach ist die kollaborative Wirtschaft nicht nur „Sammelbegriff für neue Geschäftsmodelle zum Verkauf von Waren und Dienstleistungen, sondern auch als neue Form der Verknüpfung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zu betrachten, in der die angebotenen Dienstleistungen auf sehr unterschiedlichen Beziehungen beruhen, mit denen die Wirtschaftsbeziehungen in gesellschaftliche Beziehungsgefüge eingebettet und neue Gemeinschaftsformen sowie neue Geschäftsmodelle geschaffen werden.“ Das macht einen nicht schlauer. Klar ist, dass die Digitalisierung Änderungen im Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsleben hervorruft. Die Politik sollte das anerkennen und zeitlose Gesetze schaffen, anstatt zu versuchen, Umbrüche und Übergänge zu managen. Das wäre dann überdies die Zuständigkeit niedrigerer Ebenen, eben der Nationalstaaten und ihrer Gliederungen.
Online platforms and the Digital Single Market (A8-0204/2017 - Henna Virkkunen, Philippe Juvin) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Online-Plattformen im digitalen Binnenmarkt habe ich abgelehnt.Hier wird auf EU-Ebene überschirmt, was teilweise schon auf nationaler Ebene die neue Erscheinungsform des illiberalen Präventivstaats ist. Es geht um Überwachung der Online-Plattformen, Bekämpfung sog. Hate Speech und angeblicher Fake News.Es kommt vor, dass Meldungen falsch sind und dass im Internet beleidigt wird. Dies ist aber Aufgabe der Gerichte. Denn wir haben ein gewaltenteiliges System, das die Einhaltung der Gesetze der Judikative zuschreibt. Diese Aufgabe kann weder durch Behörden übernommen noch an Private – wie Online-Plattformen – übertragen werden. Das eine bedeutet Zensur durch die Exekutive, das andere führt zu einem korporatistischen System, in dem Privatunternehmen Staatsaufgaben übernehmen.
Humanitarian situation in Yemen (RC-B8-0407/2017, B8-0407/2017, B8-0408/2017, B8-0409/2017, B8-0410/2017, B8-0411/2017, B8-0412/2017, B8-0413/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur humanitären Lage in Jemen habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Sie ist nutzlos. Ein wesentlicher in den Krieg verwickelter Akteur, Saudi-Arabien, wird nicht adressiert und auch nicht aufgerufen, seinen Beitrag zur Beilegung des Konflikts zu leisten. Damit geht leider eine große Chance verloren, umso mehr, als es entsprechende Änderungsanträge gab, die ich gern unterstützt habe, die allerdings von der sozial- und christdemokratischen Parlamentsmehrheit nicht angenommen worden sind.
Statute and funding of European political parties and foundations (B8-0405/2017, B8-0406/2017) DE
Ich habe den Entschließungsantrag der Selbstbedienungsparteien abgelehnt. Unter dem Vorwand der besseren Verwaltung sollen europakritische Reformparteien von der EU-Parteienfinanzierung ausgeschlossen werden. Die für europäische Parteien bereitgestellten Mittel (Haushaltslinie 402 des EU-Parlaments) wurden zwischen 2012 und 2017 von 18,9 Mio. EUR auf 31,9 Mio. EUR aufgestockt. Zusätzlich 19 Mio. EUR werden den angeschlossenen Stiftungen bereitgestellt. Doch die nimmersatten Altparteien wollen die Parteienvielfalt und den Wettbewerb der politischen Ideen nicht mehr nur in Deutschland, sondern in der ganzen EU aushebeln. Dabei wurde die Verordnung zur europäischen Parteienfinanzierung erst 2014 beschlossen, sie ist noch nicht einmal vollständig umgesetzt. Schon damals konnten sich die Altparteien nicht durchsetzen, die Parteienvielfalt auf europäischer Ebene abzuschaffen. Pünktlich vor der EU-Wahl im Frühjahr 2019 wird ein neuer Anlauf unternommen. Doch selbst die EU-Kommission musste bei der Aussprache im Plenum zugeben, dass eine Verordnung, die noch nicht einmal vollständig umgesetzt und evaluiert wurde, nicht so einfach verändert werden kann. Namens meiner EFDD-Fraktion reichte ich einen Entschließungsantrag ein, in dem ich forderte: „Für die Finanzierung der europäischen politischen Parteien und der ihnen angeschlossen Stiftungen dürfen keine EU-Mittel, die aus Steuergeldern stammen, mehr verwendet werden; diesen Parteien wird nahegelegt, für die Bewerbung ihrer politischen Ideen selbst Mittel zu beschaffen. “
Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement (A8-0208/2017 - Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Festlegung verbindlicher nationaler Jahresziele für die Reduzierung der Treibhausgasemissionen im Zeitraum 2021–2030 zwecks Schaffung einer krisenfesten Energieunion und Erfüllung der Verpflichtungen aus dem Übereinkommen von Paris sowie zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 525/2013 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über ein System für die Überwachung von Treibhausgasemissionen sowie für die Berichterstattung über diese Emissionen und über andere klimaschutzrelevante Informationen habe ich abgelehnt.Die AfD lehnt das „Klimaschutzabkommen von Paris“ und den ideologisch verblendeten Aktionismus bezüglich der staatlich verordneten Emissionsbegrenzungen grundsätzlich ab. Des Weiteren ist die Umwelt- und Klimapolitik eine nationale Angelegenheit und sollte nicht auf EU-Ebene oder gar mit weltweiten Abkommen behandelt werden. Jedes Land und seine Regionen müssen selbst die Lösungen finden, die für sie richtig sind. Ein staatliches Aufzwingen von supranational beschlossenen Zielen ist abzulehnen.
The need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap (A8-0197/2017 - Constance Le Grip) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu der Notwendigkeit einer EU-Strategie zur Beendigung und Vermeidung des geschlechtsspezifischen Rentengefälles habe ich abgelehnt.Mit einer „EU-Strategie zur Beendigung und Vermeidung des geschlechtsspezifischen Rentengefälles“ auf dem Weg zum europäischen Rentensystem? Kein Vorwand ist zu scheinheilig, um die Verstaatlichung der EU voranzutreiben. Und kein Vorstoß ist so offensichtlich wie dieser, die maroden nationalen Rentensysteme zu vergemeinschaftlichen. Doch 28 defizitäre Rentensysteme ergeben kein funktionierendes europäisches Rentensystem. Der jüngste Vorstoß dazu kommt aus dem Frauenausschuss und zielt auf ein einheitliches Rentensystem für alle 28 Mitgliedsstaaten. Wenn der Frauenausschuss federführend ist, gehört das institutionalisierte Gender-Gaga mit dazu. CDU und CSU haben das Prinzip der Mitgliedstaaten für die nationale Verantwortung ihrer Sozialpolitik längst aufgegeben und träumen vom europäischen Zentralstaat unter der Leitung Brüssels. Ich habe gegen die Entschließungsvorlage gestimmt, weil ich nicht will, dass das deutsche Rentenniveau in einer Vergemeinschaftung mit Rumänien, Bulgarien oder Italien – und mithin Nivellierung nach unten – geopfert wird. Für das Funktionieren des deutschen Renten- und Sozialsystems ist die Bundesregierung zuständig, nicht Brüssel.
2016 Report on Serbia (A8-0063/2017 - David McAllister) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Bericht 2016 der Kommission über Serbien habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Hier geht es um die Fortschritte bzw. Rückschritte, die Serbien auf dem Weg zur Mitgliedschaft in der EU getan hat. Die EU sollte aber derzeit auf keinen Fall erweitert werden, sondern muss sich erst selbst tiefgreifend reformieren. Dazu ist es unabdingbar, zunächst einen Prozess der Selbstfindung zu durchlaufen, der durch den Brexit notwendig geworden ist.Für Serbien als potenziellen Beitrittskandidaten gilt umgekehrt, sich die Entwicklung der EU ganz genau anzusehen. Entwicklungen wie bezüglich der Behandlung von Polen, Ungarn und der Tschechischen Republik, die sich dem Quotensystem für die Migrantenverteilung verweigern, sollten auch Serbien besorgen.
2016 Report on Kosovo (A8-0062/2017 - Ulrike Lunacek) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Bericht 2016 der Kommission über das Kosovo habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Das Kosovo ist kein Staat, der allgemein anerkannt ist. Die EU kann ihn schon deshalb nicht aufnehmen. Zudem ist das Kosovo ein Staat mit islamischer Bevölkerung. Die EU fußt auf einer abendländischen, christlich-jüdischen Werteordnung, obgleich deren Existenz von den EU-Eliten verneint wird. Die kulturellen Verschiedenheiten passen nicht zusammen. Zudem ist es wichtig, einen Präzedenzfall zu vermeiden, der dazu führen könnte, dass auch die Türkei oder nordafrikanische Staaten um Mitgliedschaft nachsuchen.
2016 Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (A8-0055/2017 - Ivo Vajgl) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Bericht 2016 der Kommission über die ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Hier geht es um die Fortschritte bzw. Rückschritte, die Mazedonien auf dem Weg zur Mitgliedschaft in der EU getan hat. Die EU sollte aber derzeit auf keinen Fall erweitert werden, sondern muss sich erst selbst tiefgreifend reformieren. Dazu ist es unabdingbar, zunächst einen Prozess der Selbstfindung zu durchlaufen, der durch den Brexit notwendig geworden ist.Für Mazedonien als potenziellen Beitrittskandidaten gilt umgekehrt, sich die Entwicklung der EU ganz genau anzusehen. Entwicklungen wie bezüglich der Behandlung von Polen, Ungarn und der Tschechischen Republik, die sich dem Quotensystem für die Migrantenverteilung verweigern, sollten auch Mazedonien besorgen.
Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RC-B8-0397/2017, B8-0397/2017, B8-0398/2017, B8-0399/2017, B8-0400/2017, B8-0401/2017, B8-0402/2017) DE
State of play of the implementation of the Sustainability Compact in Bangladesh (B8-0396/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Stand der Umsetzung des Nachhaltigkeitspakts in Bangladesch (2017/2636(RSP)) habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Das EU-Parlament fordert, alle möglichen arbeitnehmerfreundlichen Regelungen in Bangladesch einzuführen. Politische Forderungen sind der falsche Weg. Bangladesch ist ein armes Land. Mehr Abreitnehmerschutz entsteht durch einen Wettbewerb um Arbeitnehmer. Bangladesch hat jedoch ein enormes Bevölkerungs- und damit Arbeitskräftewachstum. Gleichzeitig fehlen Rahmenbedingungen, um das Wachstum des Kapitalstocks zu beschleunigen. Mehr Kapital ist allerdings die Voraussetzung für besser bezahlte und höherwertige Arbeitsplätze. Die Einführung eines Mindestlohnes ohne gleichzeitiges Wachstum des Kapitalstocks wird Menschen in die Arbeitslosigkeit treiben und die schlechte Situation der Arbeitnehmer noch verschlechtern.
Increasing engagement of partners and visibility in the performance of European Structural and Investment Funds (A8-0201/2017 - Daniel Buda) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu der Verstärkung des Engagements der Partner und der Sichtbarkeit im Hinblick auf die Leistung der Europäischen Struktur- und Investitionsfonds habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Die Kohäsionspolitik ist das maßgebliche Instrument der EU, mit dem sie glaubt, über ihre fünf ESI-Fonds Wachstum fördern zu können. Die EU glaubt auch, durch Investitionen in allen Regionen der EU dazu beitragen zu können, dass Ungleichheiten abgebaut werden. Das ist alles nicht der Fall. Zentral gesteuertes Investieren kann Wachstum nicht fördern, da es keine von der öffentlichen Hand gesteuerten Investitionen gibt, die nicht vorher durch Besteuerung genommen worden sind und dort, weil sie deswegen fehlen, das Wachstum einschränken. Es handelt sich um eine bloße Umverteilungspolitik. Den einen wird genommen, den anderen gegeben. Das eigentliche Ziel ist, dort zu nehmen, wo es die besteuerten Bürger der reicheren Länder nicht so sehr merken, und dafür in den ärmeren Regionen gut Wetter für die EU zu machen. Ich halte das alles für ein Trauerspiel, das endlich gestoppt werden muss. Mit Sicherheit brauchen wir hier kein verstärktes Engagement, das der Bericht fordert.
Cost effectiveness of the 7th Research Programme (A8-0194/2017 - Martina Dlabajová, Inés Ayala Sender)
I voted against the motion for a EU-Parliament Resolution on cost effectiveness of the 7th Research Programme.The EU should not be using taxpayers’ money to fund R&D. The free movement of goods and services, labour and capital do not require the EU to redistribute wealth. This report notes ‘whereas, to the best of its knowledge, no comprehensive cost effectiveness analysis exists concerning FP7’. The 7th Research Programme, (FP7) represents a total voted budget of EUR 55 billion. A cost—benefit report is not necessary because the empirical data on this subject is clear. Public funding of R&D has no impact on economic growth, therefore, in economic terms, we already know the results of a cost—effectiveness analysis, i.e. no economic benefit. According to an OECD 2003 report concerning ‘Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Countries’, public R&D has no impact on economic growth, whereas private R&D does. The answer is clear, and it does not require a cost—effectiveness analysis: the EU should get out of science funding.
Statelessness in South and South East Asia (A8-0182/2017 - Amjad Bashir)
Cross-border mergers and divisions (A8-0190/2017 - Enrico Gasbarra) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Durchführung grenzüberschreitender Unternehmensverschmelzungen und -spaltungen habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Hier geht es ausnahmsweise einmal tatsächlich um ein Anliegen, das grenzüberschreitende Sachverhalte betrifft und daher durchaus auf der Ebene der EU richtig aufgehoben ist. Der Ansatz der EU zur Rechtsetzung im Privatrecht – und dazu gehören das hier vornehmlich betroffene Gesellschafts- und Umwandlungsrecht – ist jedoch grundlegend falsch. Warum muss die EU erzwingen, dass das Recht in der EU einheitlich wird? Würde es nicht reichen, ein zum nationalen Recht paralleles EU-Recht zu entwickeln, so dass die privaten Rechtsanwender die Auswahl haben, welcher Rechtsordnung sie sich bedienen? So gäbe es Wettbewerb zwischen den Rechtsordnungen, um möglichst anwenderfreundliche Regeln zu erlassen. Dieser bescheidene Ansatz trifft in Brüssel jedoch nicht auf Wohlwollen, da er am Selbstverständnis der Bürokraten, alles besser als die nationale Ebene regeln zu können, rütteln würde.
Participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (A8-0112/2017 - Sofia Sakorafa)
I voted against the motion for a motion for a EU-Parliament Resolution on the participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) jointly undertaken by several Member States.The EU should not be involved in regional concerns. Just as Mediterranean countries should not be able to dictate how to deal with concerns by Member States with a presence in the Arctic nor should non-Mediterranean states do so for concerns in the Mediterranean region. We should respect the principle of subsidiarity. Regional problems should be handled at the regional level.
Specific measures to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters (A8-0070/2017 - Iskra Mihaylova) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1303/2013 im Hinblick auf spezifische Maßnahmen zur Bereitstellung zusätzlicher Unterstützung für von Naturkatastrophen betroffene Mitgliedstaaten habe ich zugestimmt.Finanzielle gegenseitige Hilfen zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten im Falle einer Naturkatastrophe gehören wohl zu den wenigen Gründen, die eine übernationale, einer Versicherung auf Gegenseitigkeit gleichkommende Lösung rechtfertigen. Wenn es eine sinnvolle Funktion der EU geben könnte, dann würde ich mich für eine supranationale Versicherung gegen Naturkatastrophen entscheiden.
Energy efficiency labelling (A8-0213/2016 - Dario Tamburrano) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Festlegung eines Rahmens für die Energieeffizienzkennzeichnung und zur Aufhebung der Richtlinie 2010/30/EU habe ich abgelehnt.Die Umwelt- und Klimapolitik ist eine Kompetenz der souveränen Nationalstaaten. Solche Entscheidungen gehören also auf die nationale Ebene und sollten nicht auf EU-Ebene entschieden werden. Ein staatlicher Zwang, die Emissionen zu regulieren, ist abzulehnen. Energieeffiziente Lösungen haben sich frei und auf marktwirtschaftliche Art und Weise durchzusetzen. Des Weiteren lehnt die AfD den ideologisch verblendeten Aktionismus bezüglich der staatlich verordneten Emissionsbegrenzungen grundsätzlich ab.
European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 (A8-0061/2017 - Santiago Fisas Ayxelà) DE
Assessment of Horizon 2020 implementation (A8-0209/2017 - Soledad Cabezón Ruiz) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments über die Bewertung der Umsetzung des Programms Horizont 2020 im Hinblick auf seine Zwischenbewertung und den Vorschlag für das Neunte Rahmenprogramm (2016/2147(INI)) habe ich abgelehnt.Die Umsetzung des Programms Horizont 2020 wird unter anderem damit begründet, dass die „raschen und tiefgreifenden Veränderungen, denen die europäische Gesellschaft gegenübersteht (nationalistischer Populismus, Fremdenfeindlichkeit, ...)“ einen Paradigmenwechsel erfordern und dass die EU darauf reagieren muss. Diese absolut inhaltsleeren und nicht näher definierten Kampfbegriffe sind aber keinerlei Argument. Des Weiteren sollten Forschungsprogramme immer so marktwirtschaftlich wie möglich ablaufen und nicht von supranationaler Ebene ausgehen und dirigiert werden.
Building blocks for a post-2020 EU cohesion policy (A8-0202/2017 - Kerstin Westphal) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Bausteinen für die Kohäsionspolitik der EU in der Zeit nach 2020 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Ich lehne die Kohäsionspolitik ab. Das Ziel, durch Umverteilung alle Regionen gleich bzw. gleicher zu machen, ist falsch und kann nicht erreicht werden. Im Gegenteil brauchen wir den Wettbewerb der Regionen wie der Nationen, so dass beste Lösungen für die Menschen durch Bereitstellung der größten Bandbreite möglicher Angebote gefunden werden. Idealerweise brauchen wir 2020 keine neuen Bausteine für die Kohäsionspolitik, sondern haben sie abgeschafft.
Status of fish stocks and socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean (A8-0179/2017 - Marco Affronte)
I voted against the motion for a motion for a EU-Parliament Resolution on the status of fish stocks and the socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean.Some 19 Member States do not have a border with the Mediterranean sea. Five Member States are landlocked. Should Mediterranean countries tell Member States that border the North Sea or Baltic how best to manage their fishing stocks? The EU should not be involved in regional concerns. We should respect the principle of subsidiarity. Regional problems should be handled at the regional level.
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Béla Kovács (A8-0203/2017 - Heidi Hautala) DE
Rates of value added tax applied to books, newspapers and periodicals (A8-0189/2017 - Tom Vandenkendelaere) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2006/112/EG des Rates in Bezug auf die Mehrwertsteuersätze für Bücher, Zeitungen und Zeitschriften habe ich zugestimmt.Es geht darum, den Mitgliedstaaten die Möglichkeit zu eröffnen, für bestimmte Produkte, u. a E-Books, den ermäßigten Mehrwertsteuersatz zu erheben. Ich begrüße es, dass die Mitgliedstaaten hierdurch Freiheiten bei der Gestaltung der Steuersätze gewinnen. Im Übrigen bin ich der Meinung, dass die EU keine Mindeststeuersätze vorschreiben darf, damit Deutschland die Mehrwertsteuer drastisch senken kann.
Internet connectivity for growth, competitiveness and cohesion: European gigabit society and 5G (A8-0184/2017 - Michał Boni)
. – I voted against the resolution on internet connectivity for growth, competitiveness and cohesion: European gigabit society and 5G.The democratic nation state is the proper medium through which society can decide to what degree government regulation and investment is needed in order to develop an industry. Any additional issues or conflicts can be handled via intergovernmental cooperation. The idea of bureaucrats planning the direction and speed of progress is misguided. Using progress to advance cohesion is wrong.
Protection of vulnerable adults (A8-0152/2017 - Joëlle Bergeron) DE
Introduction of temporary autonomous trade measures for Ukraine (A8-0193/2017 - Jarosław Wałęsa) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Einführung befristeter autonomer Handelsmaßnahmen für die Ukraine in Ergänzung der Handelszugeständnisse im Rahmen des Assoziierungsabkommens habe ich abgelehnt.Ich begrüße den Abbau von Zollschranken und Freihandel mit der Ukraine. Das Europäische Parlament missbraucht die EU-Kompetenz in der Zollpolitik jedoch als Hebel, um politische Reformanstrengungen der Ukraine zu bewirken. Es geht immer noch darum, die Ukraine der EU einzuverleiben. Damit wird auch der allgemeine Prozess des Zollabbaus für fragwürdige geostrategische Ziele riskiert.
Uniform format for visas (A8-0028/2016 - Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann)
I voted for the European Parliament’s legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/1995 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas.As a member of the Schengen area Germany is dependent upon other states for its border security. In order to reduce visa fraud, minimum technical standards were introduced. Due to the rise in forged visa stickers in recent years there is a need to produce new unforgeable visa stickers.If we plan to keep the Schengen area we need to reform it as soon as possible, so we can return to travelling without border controls. New visa format requirements are only a first step in that direction.
Multiannual Framework for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2018-2022 (A8-0177/2017 - Angelika Mlinar) DE
Die Grundrechte-Agentur ist überflüssig und muss abgeschafft werden. Sie liefert überhaupt keinen Mehrwert.Es ist richtig und äußerst begrüßenswert, dass im Hinblick auf die Themenbereiche „polizeiliche Zusammenarbeit“ und „justizielle Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen“ im Rat keine Einigung erzielt wurde.Bloß gut, dass das Europäische Parlament nur zustimmungsberechtigt ist, jedoch nicht mitentscheidet. Die Grundrechte-Agentur ist bereits heute ein Instrument der institutionellen Umerziehung der Menschen und der Steuerung von Werten und Normen auch gegen den Willen von Regierungen und der Menschen.Deswegen habe ich gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt.
Multiannual Framework for the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2018-2022 (B8-0384/2017) DE
Die Grundrechte-Agentur ist überflüssig und muss abgeschafft werden. Sie liefert keinen Mehrwert.Bloß gut, dass das EU-Parlament nur zustimmungsberechtigt ist, jedoch nicht mitentscheidet.U.a. darum soll sich diese Agentur darum kümmern: „Gleichstellung und Diskriminierung wegen der Geburt“. Dahinter steckt die perfide Absicht, ein „Recht auf Nicht-Geborenwerden“ einzuführen. Um „Diskriminierung aufgrund des Vermögens“ zu bekämpfen, bedarf es den ungehinderten Zugang zu den Kontoauszügen der Bürger. Die Grundrechte-Agentur wird zum Handlager des Überwachungsstaats unter dem Vorwand der Grundrechte. Migration, Grenzen, Asyl und Integration von Flüchtlingen und Migranten sollen dazu gehören - auch gegen den Willen der Bürger. Effektive Kontrolle der Lebenswirklichkeit der Diskriminierung gibt es jedoch nicht. Wer am lautesten schreit, gilt als diskriminiert. Wie sollte man bitte glaubwürdig die Diskriminierung aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung nachweisen? Nach eigenen Aussagen der Gender-Ideologen ist die sexuelle Orientierung besonders austauschbar... je nach den politischen Umständen.Alle EU-Mitgliedsstaaten sind Unterzeichner der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention des Europarats. Sie haben die Aufnahmekriterien für die EU bestanden. Die Grundrechte-Agentur hingegen ist heute ein Instrument der institutionellen Umerziehung der Menschen und der Steuerung von Werten und Normen auch gegen den Willen von Regierungen und der Menschen.Deswegen habe ich gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt.
Digitising European industry (A8-0183/2017 - Reinhard Bütikofer)
I voted against the motion for the EU-parliament’s resolution on digitising European industry.The explanatory statement states ‘The EU needs a common strategic approach. 28 separate national strategies, platforms and approaches ... leads to inefficiencies’.The motto of the EU is ‘United in diversity’. Perhaps we ought to take it more seriously. Competition is an essential component of a successful economy. If simply replacing separate strategies with a common approach was a guarantee of efficiency then the Soviet Union would have been the most efficient state on earth. However we know this wasn’t the case as path-dependencies and differing socio-economic as well as legal traditions play a crucial role. If we truly wish to be united in diversity then we should embrace the nation state, and not the EU, as the means through which to govern society.
The new European Consensus on Development - our world, our dignity, our future (B8-0387/2017, B8-0390/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu einer Gemeinsamen Erklärung des Rates und der im Rat vereinigten Vertreter der Regierungen der Mitgliedstaaten, des Europäischen Parlaments und der Kommission über den neuen Europäischen Konsens über die Entwicklungspolitik – Unsere Welt, unsere Würde, unsere Zukunft – habe ich abgelehnt.Der neue Europäische Konsens über die Entwicklungspolitik – Unsere Welt, unsere Würde, unsere Zukunft – ist misslungen.Der Konsens begrüßt das Pariser Klimaschutzübereinkommen und seine Umsetzung durch koordinierte Maßnahmen. Daneben fordert die EU auch die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter, wo doch Gleichberechtigung der Menschen vor dem Gesetz schon ausreicht. Die EU fordert auch Inklusion beim Zugang zu Bildung.Die EU tritt in diesem Dokument weiterhin für die „Förderung, den Schutz und die Verwirklichung aller Menschenrechte und für die umfassende und effektive Umsetzung der Aktionsplattform von Beijing und des Aktionsprogramms von Kairo, des Aktionsprogramms der Internationalen Konferenz über Bevölkerung und Entwicklung sowie der Ergebnisse ihrer Überprüfungskonferenzen und in diesem Zusammenhang auch für die sexuelle und reproduktive Gesundheit und die damit verbundenen Rechte“ ein. Damit ist nichts anderes als die Verwirklichung eines sogenannten „Rechts auf Abtreibung“ gemeint.
Resilience as a strategic priority of the EU external action (B8-0381/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Widerstandsfähigkeit als strategische Priorität des auswärtigen Handelns der EU (2017/2594(RSP)) habe ich abgelehnt.Unter anderem heißt es dort: „Das Europäische Parlament fordert, dass weitere Bemühungen unternommen werden um den Zugang von Frauen und Mädchen zu [...] Geburtenkontrolle, pränataler Fürsorge und zu sexueller und reproduktiver Gesundheitsversorgung und damit verbundenen Rechten zu verbessern, [...]“. Dieser in EU-Bürokratensprache verfasste Satz bedeutet auf gut Deutsch nichts anderes als: Abtreibung soll weltweit ein Menschenrecht sein, und dies wird von der EU auch noch eingefordert. Das ist absolut nicht akzeptabel und abzulehnen.
Combating anti-semitism (B8-0383/2017, B8-0388/2017) DE
Das EU-Parlament hat die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zur Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus mit großer Mehrheit angenommen.Streitpunkt war vor allem die Arbeitsdefinition von Antisemitismus der Internationalen Allianz für Holocaust-Gedenken (IHRA). Die Annahme dieser Definition wollten die Linken im EU-Parlament verhindern, vorgeblich weil dies Kritik an Handlungen des Staats Israel unmöglich mache. Das sehe ich anders. Die Definition ermöglicht vielmehr, den linken Antisemitismus als das zu bezeichnen, was er ist: Antisemitismus. Kritik an Israel bleibt auch nach der Annahme der Definition möglich. Ich habe deshalb namentlich für die Beibehaltung des Verweises auf diese Definition gestimmt.Zu meinem Bedauern konnte ich der Entschließung als Ganzes nicht zustimmen. Sie fordert ein strenges Kontrollsystem für online getätigte Meinungsäußerungen, überbetont den linken Kampfbegriff „hate speech“ und fordert finanzielle Ausgaben der Kommission. Damit wird zum einen die Rolle der EU überbetont, und zum anderen halte ich „Hassverbrechen“ für eine Mode, die gefährlich nahe an die Einführung eines Gesinnungsstrafrechts grenzt. Ich habe mich deshalb enthalten.
High-level UN Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (UN Ocean Conference) (B8-0382/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Hochrangigen Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen zur Unterstützung der Verwirklichung des Ziels für nachhaltige Entwicklung Nr. 14 (Welt-Ozean-Konferenz der Vereinten Nationen) (2017/2653(RSP)) habe ich abgelehnt.Die AfD lehnt die Hypothese vom menschengemachten Klimawandel ab, weil es starke wissenschaftlich begründete Zweifel daran gibt, die ein politisches Handeln auf dieser dünnen Grundlage ausschließen. Des Weiteren gilt im Sinne des Subsidiaritätsprinzips, dass die Kompetenz bezüglich der Umweltschutzpolitik bei den Mitgliedstaaten liegt und nicht bei der EU. Dieses Thema sollte also auf nationaler Ebene erörtert werden, und nicht auf EU-Ebene.
Agreement between the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (A8-0072/2017 - David Borrelli)
. ‒ I abstained from voting on the legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland(06679/2016 – C8-0175/2016 – 2016/0052(NLE)).A Europe based upon consensus and cooperation on areas in which states have interests would utilise such agreements. This is a much better way forward than the top-down or qualified majority voting system enforced by the EU. My problem with this agreement rests on what these funds will be used for: EU cohesion policy. It is, like all fiscal stimulus policies aimed at levelling out differences between people and states, not only inefficient and ineffective but also unjust. I will not vote against the consent of the sovereign democratic states of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to such an agreement nor will I endorse it by voting for it.
The right funding mix for Europe’s regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy (A8-0139/2017 - Andrey Novakov)
. ‒ I voted against the motion for a resolution on the right funding mix for Europe’s regions: balancing financial instruments and grants in EU cohesion policy(2016/2302(INI)).Cohesion policy is a wealth-redistribution scheme which should not exist at all. It transfers funds to high as well as low-income Member States yet its purported purpose is to help the latter.Europe is a about diversity. It is founded on competition between nations and regions. Cohesion policy is undermining the very idea that made Europe great. Europe is either diverse and decentralised or is it is not at all. That is why we need to do away with the egalitarian idea of cohesion policy. If the EU wishes lower-income Member States to develop, then appropriate policies should be adopted that foster growth: repealing burdensome regulations, strengthening property rights and the rule of law, reducing the tax burden, and eliminating barriers to trade.The focus of the report should have been on scrapping the EU’s cohesion policy entirely.
Future perspectives for technical assistance in cohesion policy (A8-0180/2017 - Ruža Tomašić)
I voted against the motion for a resolution on future perspectives for Technical Assistance in Cohesion Policy (2016/2303(INI)).I am highly sceptical that a fledgling supranational organisation whose every action seeks to create the illusion of statehood is capable of providing effective technical assistance on how to best spend funds. But that is beside the point. Europe is about diversity. It is founded on competition between nations and regions. Cohesion policy is undermining the very idea of what has made Europe great. Europe is either diverse and decentralised or is it not at all. That is why we need to do away with the egalitarian idea of cohesion policy. If the EU wishes for lower income Member States to develop then they should adopt the appropriate policies that foster growth: repeal burdensome regulations, strengthen property rights and the rule of law, reduce the tax burden, and eliminate barriers to trade.
Cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market (A8-0378/2016 - Jean-Marie Cavada) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Gewährleistung der grenzüberschreitenden Portabilität von Online-Inhaltediensten im Binnenmarkt habe ich abgelehnt.Wie stets versucht die EU, Akzeptanz für ihr Vorhaben zu schaffen, indem sie Verbrauchern plakative Vorteile anbietet. Diese liegen hier vordergründig in dem Umstand, dass Anbietern Geoblocking für die Dauer von begrenzten Reisen nicht mehr möglich ist und Verbraucher ihre Online-Abonnements auch im EU-Ausland nutzen können. Mit Sicherheit werden die Anbieter, die gezwungen werden, ihre Angebote auszuweiten, dadurch Kosten haben, die sie durch höhere Preise kompensieren müssen. Dadurch werden letzten Endes die nicht-mobilen Kunden den Komfort der kosmopolitischen Verbraucher mitbezahlen, wies es schon beim Roaming der Fall ist.Die erzwungene Bürokratie, sich etwa durch einen Personalausweis gegenüber dem Anbieter elektronisch zu identifizieren, lehne ich ebenfalls ab.
Implementation of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (A8-0123/2017 - Adam Szejnfeld) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Durchführung des Freihandelsabkommens zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Republik Korea habe ich mich enthalten.Freihandel ist richtig, wichtig und notwendig. Allerdings fordert das EU-Parlament die Kommission und die Regierung der Republik Korea auf, im Falle von Verhandlungen über ein Investitionskapitel nicht die alte Methode zur Beilegung von Investor-Staat-Streitigkeiten (ISDS), sondern stattdessen die neue von der Kommission vorgeschlagene Investitionsgerichtsbarkeit vorzusehen. Es fordert die Kommission zudem auf, langfristig eine multilaterale Investitionsgerichtsbarkeit zu entwickeln, die potenziell alle Mechanismen zur Beilegung von Investitionsstreitigkeiten in gegenwärtigen und künftigen Freihandelsabkommen ersetzt.Deshalb kann ich nicht zustimmen.
Achieving the two-state solution in the Middle East (RC-B8-0345/2017, B8-0345/2017, B8-0346/2017, B8-0347/2017, B8-0348/2017, B8-0352/2017, B8-0354/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Verwirklichung einer Zweistaatenlösung im Nahen Osten (2016/2998(RSP)) habe ich abgelehnt.Mit dieser Entschließung laden die Linken erneut ihren Hass auf Israel ab. Der Antisemitismus hat sein Zuhause bei der politischen Linken. Der Staat Israel, der einzige ebenso kapitalistische wie demokratische Staat im Nahen Osten, ist ihnen ein Dorn im Auge. Das links-dominierte EU-Parlament hat mit einer großen Mehrheit eine Entschließung angenommen, die Israel das Wie der Grenzziehung einer Zweistaatenlösung vorschreiben will. Dafür ist es nicht zuständig. Es soll sich nicht einmischen. Mir fehlt auch jedes Verständnis dafür, wenn das EU-Parlament versucht, nicht nur Araber, sondern auch Israelis als Terroristen zu bezeichnen. Der Terrorismus in Israel hat nur einen Verursacher, und den muss man klar benennen. Die einzige richtige Entscheidung ist, sich an die Seite der Opfer des Terrorismus zu stellen. Die EU muss außerdem aufhören, israelische Produkte zu boykottieren. Auch die Boykott-Forderung hat die Entschließung wiederholt.
EU Strategy on Syria (RC-B8-0331/2017, B8-0331/2017, B8-0333/2017, B8-0335/2017, B8-0337/2017, B8-0338/2017, B8-0341/2017, B8-0342/2017) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur EU-Strategie für Syrien habe ich mich enthalten.Die Resolution ist insgesamt sehr ausgewogen und betont, wie wichtig Frieden in der Region und ein entschiedenes Vorgehen gegen den Islamischen Staat ist. Das teile ich.Die Entschließung fordert allerdings auch, Russland und Iran mögen ihren Einfluss auf das syrische Regime geltend machen, sodass es einen vernünftigen Kompromiss akzeptiert und aktiv darauf hinarbeitet, durch den der Bürgerkrieg beendet und „der Weg für einen inklusiven und wirklichen Übergang geebnet wird“. Hierin steckt nicht mehr und nicht weniger als die Forderung nach einem Regimewechsel in Syrien. Bei aller auch berechtigten Kritik an dem jetzt herrschenden syrischen Regime sind alle Operationen, mit denen in den letzten Jahren säkulare nicht-demokratische Regime durch Eingriffe von außen gestürzt wurden, desaströs schief gegangen. Diesen Fehler sollten wir nicht wiederholen. Doch diese Wiederholung deutet sich an, wenn die Entschließung die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten auffordert, die „gemäßigte Opposition weiterhin zu unterstützen“.
Road transport in the European Union (B8-0290/2017)
I voted against this motion for a resolution.It is insane to call for the creation of a new agency, which will only serve to increase the burden of an already inflated EU budget, when we all know that Brexit will reduce the total amount of Member State contributions. Rather than coming up with additional regulations for the transport sector the EU should be identifying those EU regulations that hamper and restrict the transport sector’s competitiveness. EU restrictions on cabotage ban trucks from utilising unused carrying capacity to load other goods. Therefore we have partially or wholly empty trucks on the road, e.g. in 2014 20% of all trucks in the EU ran empty. This adds to congestion, pollution, higher prices for consumers, and lower profits for truckers.
Dadaab refugee camp (RC-B8-0300/2017, B8-0300/2017, B8-0332/2017, B8-0334/2017, B8-0336/2017, B8-0339/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Flüchtlingslager von Dadaab habe ich abgelehnt.Ich teile die Forderung nach einem verstärkten humanitären Engagement. Moralisch mehr als schief ist aber der Hinweis darauf, dass „die in Dadaab untergebrachten Flüchtlinge eine große Umweltbelastung für die Region darstellen“. Das Wohl der Menschen sollte doch deutlich über etwaigen Umweltbelastungen stehen.Zudem steht in der Erwägung, „dass die Neuansiedlungsbemühungen der EU verstärkt werden sollten, damit sie den Bemühungen von Ländern außerhalb der EU, wie Australien oder Kanada, nicht nachstehen, um das zu erreichen, was das UNHCR als notwendig erachtet, um eine gerechte Verteilung von Flüchtlingen weltweit sicherzustellen.“ Neuansiedlungsprogramme lehne ich ab.
Implementation of the Council's LGBTI Guidelines, particularly in relation to the persecution of (perceived) homosexual men in Chechnya, Russia (B8-0349/2017, B8-0349/2017, B8-0350/2017, B8-0351/2017, B8-0353/2017, B8-0355/2017, B8-0356/2017) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Umsetzung der LGBTI-Leitlinien des Rates, insbesondere in Bezug auf die Verfolgung (vermeintlich) homosexueller Männer in Tschetschenien (Russland) (2017/2688(RSP)) habe ich mich enthalten.Vollumfänglich teile ich die in der Entschließung gehegte Besorgnis hinsichtlich der an homosexuellen Männern in Tschetschenien begangenen Verbrechen. Mit Recht fordert das EU-Parlament die Regierung Tschetscheniens auf, diese Verfolgung homosexueller und vermeintlich homosexueller Männer sofort zu beenden. Auch die Hinweise an Russland finde ich ausgewogen gestaltet.Ich kann allerdings nicht zustimmen, weil das EU-Parlament es als besonders wichtig erachtet, dass „die EU-Delegationen und Vertretungen der Mitgliedstaaten mit den LGBTI-Leitlinien vertraut sind und sie diese auch anwenden“.
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2016/008 FI/Nokia Network Systems (A8-0196/2017 - Petri Sarvamaa) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Inanspruchnahme des Europäischen Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung (Antrag Finnlands – EGF/2016/008 FI/Nokia Network Systems) habe ich abgelehnt.Wir entscheiden laufend über Subventionen aus diesem Fonds. Der EGF verfügt im Zeitraum 2014–2020 über ein maximales Jahresbudget von 150 Millionen Euro. Ich lehne diesen Fonds grundsätzlich als Verschwendung von Steuerzahlergeld ab. Der Fonds subventioniert Unterstützungsmaßnahmen, wenn sich ein Unternehmen mit seinem Geschäftsmodell im Wettbewerb nicht behaupten konnte. Der Fonds bedeutet zudem eine Überschreitung von Kompetenzen der EU. Es ist absurd, solche Rettungsmaßnahmen bei Wettbewerbsunfähigkeit von Einzelunternehmungen oder Branchen auf EU-Ebene zu beschließen anstatt auf nationaler Ebene. Das ist mindestens ein Verstoß gegen das Subsidiaritätsprinzip und zudem ein Verstoß gegen wirtschaftspolitische Lehren. Der Europäische Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung gehört geschlossen und umgehend abgewickelt.
Annual report 2014 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0114/2017 - Sajjad Karim) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Jahresbericht 2014 über die Anwendung der Grundsätze der Subsidiarität und der Verhältnismäßigkeit habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Es wird viel über das Subsidiaritätsprinzip gesprochen. Doch wird der Grundsatz der Subsidiarität auf Ebene der EU nicht geschätzt. Der Kommission geht es um weitmöglichsten Zugriff auf alle politisch relevanten Sachverhalte. Es kümmert sie nicht, wenn Themen auf nationalstaatlicher Ebene oder darunter besser oder ebenso gut geregelt werden können. Der Bericht bezieht sich auf die Ansicht des Ausschusses für Folgenabschätzung, nach dem etwa 32 % der von ihm im Jahr 2014 geprüften Folgenabschätzungen (FA) eine unzulängliche Analyse des Grundsatzes der Subsidiarität oder der Verhältnismäßigkeit bzw. beider Prinzipien aufwiesen. Das ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs.Europa ist von dieser Kommission in die falsche Spur gesetzt worden. Die Geschichte europäischer Vielfalt gebietet eine strenge Achtung für das Subsidiaritätsprinzip. Denn Europa ist entweder dezentral, oder es ist gar nicht.
FinTech: the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector (A8-0176/2017 - Cora van Nieuwenhuizen) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Finanztechnologie: Einfluss der Technologie auf die Zukunft des Finanzsektors habe ich abgelehnt. Ich war Schattenberichterstatterin meiner Fraktion.Leider hat das EU-Parlament nicht die richtigen Schlüsse gezogen. Bei FinTech haben wir es mit einer neuen, aufregenden und vielversprechenden Branche zu tun, die geeignet ist, sowohl die Bank- als auch die Versicherungsindustrie umzuwälzen. Diese europäischen Branchen leiden weiterhin unter Überregulierung und Bürokratisierung, insbesondere seitdem sich die politischen Institutionen seit dem G20-Beschluss auf die Fahnen geschrieben haben, in der Finanzbranche kein Produkt, keinen Akteur und keinen Markt unreguliert zu lassen. Anstatt nun das Erscheinen von FinTechs zum Anlass zu nehmen, dies zu hinterfragen und einen Raum für wenig bis nicht regulierte Unternehmen zu schaffen, soll die Regulierungsdichte von Altunternehmen auf die FinTechs übertragen werden. Damit ist eine Chance vertan. Die EU wird weiterhin den Anschluss an das 21. Jahrhundert verpassen. In einigen Jahren werden wir – wie schon bei den sozialen Medien und Suchmaschinen – sehen, dass FinTech in den USA milliardenschwere Global Player hervorbringt, während die EU-Institutionen nicht anders als heute einen Mangel an Risikokapital und Unternehmergeist beklagen. Ich werde versuchen, diese Erklärung dann der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen.
Automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Croatia (A8-0171/2017 - Claude Moraes) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über die Aufnahme des automatisierten Austauschs von Fahrzeugregisterdaten in Kroatien (05318/2017 – C8-0033/2017 – 2017/0801(CNS)) habe ich abgelehnt.Während ein Datenaustausch im konkreten Fall unter Wahrung rechtstaatlicher Anforderungen an die Datenweitergabe zulässig sein kann, lehne ich den automatisierten Austausch von Daten ab. Die Souveränität der Nationalstaaten muss gewährleistet bleiben. Die Daten der Bürger können zudem nur national geschützt werden. Ein automatisierter Austausch verletzt Souveränität und Datenschutz.
Objection to a delegated act: Identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies (B8-0294/2017) DE
Bei der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu der delegierten Verordnung der Kommission vom 24. März 2017 zur Änderung der delegierten Verordnung (EU) Nr. 2016/1675 zur Ergänzung der Richtlinie (EU) 2015/849 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates im Hinblick auf die Streichung Guyanas aus der Tabelle in Punkt I des Anhangs und die Hinzufügung Äthiopiens zu der Tabelle (C(2017)01951 – 2017/2634(DEA)) habe ich mich enthalten.Es ist nicht Aufgabe der Kommission, andere Staaten auf frei erfundene schwarze Listen zu setzen. Da sowohl eine Ablehnung als auch eine Zustimmung zu weiterer europäischer Gesetzgebung geführt hat, kann ich weder zustimmen noch ablehnen.
Objection pursuant to Rule 106: GMO cotton GHB119 (B8-0293/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses der Kommission über die Zulassung des Inverkehrbringens von Erzeugnissen, die gentechnisch veränderte Baumwolle der Sorte GHB119 (BCS-GHØØ5-8) enthalten, aus ihr bestehen oder aus ihr gewonnen werden, gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1829/2003 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates (D050182 – 2017/2675(RSP)) habe ich zugestimmt.Das komplexe Zusammenspiel von Genom, Stoffwechsel und Umgebung ist momentan noch unzureichend bekannt, so dass die Risiken des Einsatzes von gentechnischen Veränderungen auf Mensch, Flora und Fauna nur sehr schwer abzuschätzen sind. Ebenso sind die Risiken des Einsatzes von gentechnisch veränderten Organismen im komplexen Ökosystem schwer vorherzusagen. Aufgrund dieser Bedenken sind die Einwände berechtigt.
Genetically modified maize DAS-40278-9 (B8-0292/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses der Kommission über die Zulassung des Inverkehrbringens von Erzeugnissen, die gentechnisch veränderten Mais der Sorte DAS-40278-9 enthalten, aus ihm bestehen oder aus ihm gewonnen werden, gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1829/2003 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über genetisch veränderte Lebensmittel und Futtermittel (2017/2674(RSP)) habe ich zugestimmt.Das komplexe Zusammenspiel von Genom, Stoffwechsel und Umgebung ist momentan noch unzureichend bekannt, so dass die Risiken des Einsatzes von gentechnischen Veränderungen auf Mensch, Flora und Fauna nur sehr schwer abzuschätzen sind. Ebenso sind die Risiken des Einsatzes von gentechnisch veränderten Organismen im komplexen Ökosystem schwer vorherzusagen. Aufgrund dieser Bedenken sind die Einwände berechtigt.
Situation in Hungary (B8-0295/2017, B8-0296/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Lage in Ungarn (2017/2656(RSP)) habe ich abgelehnt.Der Gegensatz konnte deutlicher nicht sein. Die EU-Elite jongliert mit doppelten Standards und verbiegt sich ohne Scham. Den wichtigen Mitgliedsstaat Großbritannien kann die EU nach der freien Brexit-Entscheidung der Bürger gar nicht schnell genug vom Hofe jagen. Das institutionelle Mobbing gegenüber Großbritannien nimmt seit dem Brexit geradezu groteske Züge an. Doch Erdogan, dem Diktator vom Bosporus, streichelt die EU die Wange und biedert sich unbotmäßig an. Wenn Frau Merkels „Integrationsbeauftragte“ ungestraft zu Protokoll gibt, es gäbe keine deutsche Kultur, dann klatschen viele Beifall und die Christdemokraten schweigen diesen Ausfall weg. Doch wenn der ungarische Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán die ungarische Kultur verteidigt, wird er zuerst zum Nachsitzen ins EU-Parlament zitiert. Und jetzt bekommt er in einer Entschließung zur Lage in Ungarn noch mal schriftlich vorgelegt, dass ein legitim mit einer Zweidrittelmehrheit regierender Regierungschef eines Mitgliedsstaats nicht seine eigene Politik umsetzen darf. Das EU-Parlament beschloss wider besseres Wissen, Öl ins Feuer zu gießen, und verlangt, Ungarn die Stimmrechte im Ministerrat abzuerkennen. Das ist die maximale Strafe – die Nuklearoption – gegen Mitgliedsstaaten, die sich dem Diktat der Brüsseler EU-Elite nicht unterwerfen. Meine Linie habe ich dazu bereits im Plenum bekanntgegeben.
European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (B8-0298/2017)
I voted against the EU Parliament resolution on the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (2016/2798(RSP)).Is there no aspect of human life on which the EU does not voice its opinion or believe that it can regulate, control or otherwise manage? It is quite telling when, as this resolution states, ‘no Member State has specific procedures for informal learning within its National Qualification Framework’ and ‘only the Netherlands and Sweden have specific procedures in place in their NQFs for the inclusion of non-formal qualifications’. I would not be surprised if underwater basket weaving is a skill covered under European Qualifications Framework.The principle of mutual recognition is sufficient to cover qualifications acceptance among Member States and therefore anything more is an intrusion and a violation of the principle of subsidiarity.
Protocol to the EU-Mongolia Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation (accession of Croatia) (A8-0074/2017 - Helmut Scholz) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss – im Namen der Europäischen Union und ihrer Mitgliedstaaten – des Protokolls zum Rahmenabkommen über Partnerschaft und Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Europäischen Union und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und der Mongolei andererseits anlässlich des Beitritts der Republik Kroatien zur Europäischen Union (09264/2016 – C8-0455/2016 – 2015/0113(NLE)) habe ich abgelehnt.Ich lehne den Beitritt weiterer Länder zur Europäischen Union grundsätzlich ab. Auch den Beitritt Kroatiens halte ich also für falsch. Auch Folgearbeiten, die dieser Beitritt mit sich bringt, sind abzulehnen. Des Weiteren sollte das Abschließen von Rahmenabkommen über Partnerschaften und Zusammenarbeit – im Sinne des Subsidiaritätsprinzips – im Hoheitsbereich der Nationalstaaten liegen. Solche Abkommen gilt es nicht auf EU-Ebene bzw. im EU-Parlament zu klären.
EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A8-0169/2017 - Cristian Dan Preda) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss – im Namen der Union und ihrer Mitgliedstaaten – des Protokolls zum Stabilisierungs- und Assoziierungsabkommen zwischen den Europäischen Gemeinschaften und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und Bosnien und Herzegowina andererseits anlässlich des Beitritts der Republik Kroatien zur Europäischen Union (13824/2016 – C8-0527/2016 – 2016/0311(NLE)) habe ich abgelehnt.Ich lehne den Beitritt weiterer Länder zur Europäischen Union grundsätzlich ab. Auch den Beitritt Kroatiens halte ich also für falsch. Auch Folgearbeiten dieses Beitritts sind abzulehnen.Da Stabilisierungs- und Assoziierungsabkommen der EU der Vorbereitung des Beitritts mit dem Vertragsstaat dienen, lehne ich dieselben zudem aus dem gleichen Grund ab.
EU accession to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) (A8-0187/2017 - Fernando Ruas) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Beitritt der Europäischen Union zum Internationalen Beratenden Baumwollausschuss (ICAC) (15540/2016 – C8-0024/2017 – 2016/0349(NLE)) habe ich abgelehnt.Deutschland ist seit Anfang der 1950er Jahre Mitglied des Internationalen Beratenden Baumwollausschusses (ICAC). Im Sinne des Subsidiaritätsprinzips sollte diese Frage auch auf nationaler Ebene geklärt werden. Da dies schon der Fall ist, macht der Beitritt eines supranationalen Gebildes keinen Sinn.
EU eGovernment action plan 2016-2020 (A8-0178/2017 - Sabine Verheyen) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem EU-eGovernment-Aktionsplan 2016–2020 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der Ausbau elektronischer Behördendienste, den die Entschließung empfiehlt, ist anders als behauptet kein „wesentlicher Aspekt des digitalen Binnenmarktes“. Es ist Aufgabe der Mitgliedstaaten, ihre Behördenorganisation bürgergerecht und zeitgemäß zu gestalten. Der Versuch der EU, Zugriff auf die Verwaltungen der Mitgliedstaaten und deren Organisation zu erlangen, ist zu offensichtlich.
Annual report 2015 on the protection of EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud (A8-0159/2017 - Julia Pitera) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Jahresbericht 2015 über den Schutz der finanziellen Interessen der Europäischen Union – Betrugsbekämpfung habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Neben der Vielzahl der zu verzeichnenden Unregelmäßigkeiten, die vor allem eine Folge der exorbitanten Umverteilungsmaschinerie der Union sind, springt mir vor allem der Fokus auf Mehrwertsteuerbetrug ins Auge. Das Mehrwertsteueraufkommen muss den Mitgliedstaaten vollständig gehören. Die EU sollte keinen Zugriff auf das Mehrwertsteueraufkommen oder einen Anteil daran haben, auch nicht im Zuge der traditionellen Eigenmittel. Dieses System ist zu reformieren.
Resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety (A8-0175/2017 - Biljana Borzan)
. – I voted against the motion for an EU Parliament resolution on the initiative on resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety.The only role that the EU has to play in this issue is to repeal regulations and directives that prevent or hamper efforts of those Member States which choose to act in this area. Unfortunately, this report is far too busy offering advice on how the Member States and localities should act. The report would have served its purpose better if it simply focused on identifying which EU regulations and directives to repeal.
Evaluation of external aspects of customs performance and management as a tool to facilitate trade and fight illicit trade (A8-0162/2017 - Tiziana Beghin) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu der Bewertung der externen Aspekte der Leistung und Verwaltung der Zollbehörden als Instrument zur Erleichterung des Handels und zur Bekämpfung des unerlaubten Handels habe ich abgelehnt.Die Entschließung greift zu tief in die Rechte der Mitgliedstaaten über die Zollorganisation, die Ausbildung der Beamten und die Gestaltung der internen Behördenabläufe ein. Die Kommission darf sich nicht als Superbehörde gerieren und jeder Schritt in diese Richtung ist einer zu viel.
Wholesale roaming markets (A8-0372/2016 - Miapetra Kumpula-Natri) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU) Nr. 531/2012 in Bezug auf Vorschriften für Roamingvorleistungsmärkte habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Hier wird ein Preisdeckel eingeführt, der dazu führt, dass Unternehmen bestimmte Produkte nicht mehr so bepreisen können, wie sie es für richtig halten. Da diese Produkte im Wettbewerb stehen, sind die derzeit erhobenen Preise üblicherweise kostendeckend. Wenn den Preisen ein Deckel oktroyiert wird, werden die Anbieter die Preise anderer Produkte anheben, um so quersubventionieren zu können. In der Tat ist dies im Vorfeld in Erwartung des Preisdeckels von diversen Mobilfunkunternehmen so gehandhabt worden. Im Ergebnis bezahlen Inlandsnutzer nun das Roaming von viel reisenden, sich im Ausland bewegenden Vielnutzern.
Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Ukraine (A8-0274/2016 - Mariya Gabriel) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 539/2001 zur Aufstellung der Liste der Drittländer, deren Staatsangehörige beim Überschreiten der Außengrenzen im Besitz eines Visums sein müssen, sowie der Liste der Drittländer, deren Staatsangehörige von dieser Visumpflicht befreit sind (Ukraine), habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Die Ukraine ist ein von einem Oligarchen beherrschtes, von Korruption durchsetztes Land, das einen Bruchteil der Wirtschaftsleistung Griechenlands erbringt. In dem Land wird zudem ein Bürgerkrieg geführt. Es ist falsch, der Ukraine über Visumsfreiheit einen weiteren Schritt in Richtung EU zu ermöglichen.
Adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-US privacy Shield (B8-0235/2017, B8-0244/2017)
I voted against this resolution. Although it contains many valid points and criticisms of the EU-US privacy Shield it does not call for what is truly needed i.e. repeal of the EU-US privacy shield agreement. As the Snowden revelations made clear, bulk surveillance programmes by the NSA as well as other countries intelligence services have no respect for privacy nor the right to be free from unreasonable searches. Finally, such deals should be negotiated by the EU but instead by the Member States.
Negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to withdraw from the European Union (RC-B8-0237/2017, B8-0237/2017, B8-0241/2017, B8-0242/2017, B8-0243/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu den Verhandlungen mit dem Vereinigten Königreich nach seiner Mitteilung, dass es beabsichtige, aus der Europäischen Union auszutreten (2017/2593(RSP)), habe ich abgelehnt.Die Entschließung sinnt danach, Großbritannien für sein quasi-lästerliches Verhalten zu bestrafen und andere Länder von Austrittsbestrebungen abzuschrecken. Die Position des Europäischen Parlaments ist böswillig gegenüber Freihandel, dem Vereinigten Königreich und vor allem auch den Bürgern der Mitgliedstaaten der EU. Hier werden Strafmaßnahmen gefordert, die die Bürger materiell treffen werden, allein um die verfehlte EU-Staatsraison der immer engeren Union aufrecht zu erhalten und keine Zweifel an dem Märchen aufkommen zu lassen, dass die EU für Frieden und wirtschaftlichen Erfolg in Europa verantwortlich ist.
Ratification and accession to the 2010 Protocol to the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention with the exception of aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters (A8-0076/2017 - Pavel Svoboda)
I voted against this ratification and accession. For this Protocol it is only possible for sovereign states to be a party to its ratification and accession. Because the Protocol affects areas of the European Union’s exclusive competence, the Member States must obtain consent from the European Union. This is a competency that should be in the hands of the Member States.
Ratification and accession to the 2010 Protocol to the Hazardous and Noxious Substances Convention with regard to aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters (A8-0078/2017 - Pavel Svoboda)
I voted against this ratification and accession. For this Protocol it is only possible for sovereign states to be a party to its ratification and accession. Because the Protocol affects areas of the European Union’s exclusive competence, the Member States must obtain consent from the European Union. This is a competency that should be in the hands of the Member States.
Application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in Croatia (A8-0073/2017 - Nuno Melo) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Rates über die Anwendung der Bestimmungen des Schengen-Besitzstands im Bereich des Schengener Informationssystems in der Republik Kroatien habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Ich bin gegen die fortgesetzte Erweiterung der EU, und folgerichtig wende ich mich auch gegen sämtliche Akte, mit denen die Erweiterung praktisch vollzogen wird.
Medical devices (A8-0068/2017 - Glenis Willmott) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zum Standpunkt des Rates in erster Lesung im Hinblick auf den Erlass der Verordnung des Europäischen und des Rates über Medizinprodukte, zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2001/83/EG, der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 178/2002 und der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1223/2009 und zur Aufhebung der Richtlinien 90/385/EWG und 93/42/EWG des Rates habe ich zugestimmt.Die EU ist zuvörderst ein gemeinsamer Markt, und deswegen sollten Medizinprodukte auch den gleichen Ansprüchen genügen.
In vitro diagnostic medical devices (A8-0069/2017 - Peter Liese) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zum Standpunkt des Rates in erster Lesung im Hinblick auf den Erlass der Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über In-vitro-Diagnostika und zur Aufhebung der Richtlinie 98/79/EG und des Beschlusses 2010/227/EU der Kommission habe ich zugestimmt.
Money market funds (A8-0041/2015 - Neena Gill) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über Geldmarktfonds habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Der von meiner Fraktion gestellte Ablehnungsantrag fand bedauerlicherweise keine Mehrheit.Die Regulierung von Geldmarktfonds weckt Erwartungen, die enttäuscht werden müssen. Es ist nicht möglich, Sicherheit per EU-Regulierung zu verordnen. Im Gegenteil bedeutet diese Regulierung eine Beeinträchtigung der Vertragsfreiheit und schadet dem Ausgleich der Interessen und somit der Finanzstabilität.
Prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading (A8-0238/2016 - Petr Ježek) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über den Prospekt, der beim öffentlichen Angebot von Wertpapieren oder bei deren Zulassung zum Handel zu veröffentlichen ist, habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Ich wende mich gegen eine durch die EU harmonisierte Regulierung des Finanzmarkts. Hier wird die bestehende Börsenprospektrichtlinie durch eine Verordnung ersetzt. In diesem besonderen Falle erleichtert die Neu-Regulierung zwar die bestehenden Regulierungslasten. So wird etwa ein EU-Wachstumsprospekt für KMU eingeführt, Bürokratie überwiegend abgebaut und der Spielraum für die Mitgliedstaaten erweitert. Trotz dieses Lichts überwiegt jedoch der Schatten.
Multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 (A8-0110/2017 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf einer Verordnung des Rates zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU, Euratom) Nr. 1311/2013 zur Festlegung des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens für die Jahre 2014–2020 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Durch die Verordnung werden größere Ermessens- und Flexibilitätsspielräume für den Umgang mit dem Budget geschaffen. Das lehne ich ab.
Multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 (Resolution) (A8-0117/2017 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf einer Verordnung des Rates zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU, Euratom) Nr. 1311/2013 zur Festlegung des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens für die Jahre 2014–2020 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Im Zentrum stehen Mittelaufstockungen und Umschichtungen im Hinblick auf Programme der Union. Offenbar ist der Haushalt so großzügig bemessen, dass die Umschichtung von Milliardenbeträgen möglich ist. Ich lehne es ab, auf diese Weise Gelder nutzbar zu machen, und plädiere stattdessen für ein Auskehren der überschüssigen Beträge und für die Zukunft für eine Anpassung der EU-Eigenmittel nach unten.
Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin (A8-0104/2017 - Jan Olbrycht, Isabelle Thomas) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung des Beschlusses (EU) 2015/435 über die Inanspruchnahme des Spielraums für unvorhergesehene Ausgaben habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Hierdurch wird ein Mehrbetrag von fast 3 Mrd. EUR nutzbar gemacht. Das lehne ich ab.
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2018 – Section I – European Parliament (A8-0156/2017 - Richard Ashworth) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zum Voranschlag der Einnahmen und Ausgaben des Europäischen Parlaments für das Haushaltsjahr 2018 habe ich abgelehnt.Nur drei Punkte, warum ich diesen Bericht ablehne:1. Mit dem Haushalt wird die Kommunikationskampagne für die Wahl 2019 als außerordentliche Ausgabe betrachtet.2. Das Parlament wandelt 50 AST-Dauerplanstellen in 50 AD-Dauerplanstellen um, die üblicherweise höher vergütet werden.3. Aus dem Etat des Parlaments werden auch europäische politische Parteien und Stiftungen gefördert, die angeblich eine zentrale Rolle dabei spielen, ein europäisches politisches Bewusstsein herauszubilden.
Draft Amending Budget No 1/2017 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to the United Kingdom, Cyprus and Portugal (A8-0155/2017 - Jens Geier) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Standpunkt des Rates zum Entwurf des Berichtigungshaushaltsplans Nr. 1/2017 zum Gesamthaushaltsplan 2017 für den Vorschlag zur Inanspruchnahme des Solidaritätsfonds der Europäischen Union zwecks Hilfeleistung für das Vereinigte Königreich, Zypern und Portugal habe ich zugestimmt.Finanzielle gegenseitige Hilfen zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten im Falle einer Naturkatastrophe gehören wohl zu den wenigen Gründen, die eine übernationale, einer Versicherung auf Gegenseitigkeit gleichkommende Lösung rechtfertigen. Wenn es eine sinnvolle Funktion der EU geben könnte, dann würde ich mich für eine supranationale Versicherung gegen Naturkatastrophen entscheiden.
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/000 TA 2017 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission (A8-0157/2017 - Victor Negrescu) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zum Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Inanspruchnahme des Europäischen Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung (EGF/2017/000 TA 2017 – Technische Unterstützung auf Initiative der Kommission) habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Wir entscheiden laufend über Subventionen aus diesem Fonds. Der EGF verfügt im Zeitraum 2014–2020 über ein maximales Jahresbudget von 150 Mio. EUR. Ich lehne diesen Fonds grundsätzlich als Verschwendung von Steuerzahlergeld ab. Der Fonds subventioniert Unterstützungsmaßnahmen, wenn sich ein Unternehmen mit seinem Geschäftsmodell im Wettbewerb nicht behaupten konnte. Der Fonds bedeutet zudem eine Überschreitung von Kompetenzen der EU. Es ist absurd, solche Rettungsmaßnahmen bei Wettbewerbsunfähigkeit von Einzelunternehmungen oder Branchen auf EU-Ebene anstatt auf nationaler Ebene zu beschließen. Das ist mindestens ein Verstoß gegen das Subsidiaritätsprinzip und zudem ein Verstoß gegen wirtschaftspolitische Lehren. Der Europäische Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung gehört geschlossen und umgehend abgewickelt.
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to the United Kingdom, Cyprus and Portugal (A8-0154/2017 - José Manuel Fernandes) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Inanspruchnahme des Solidaritätsfonds der Europäischen Union zwecks Hilfeleistungen für das Vereinigte Königreich, Zypern und Portugal habe ich zugestimmt.Finanzielle gegenseitige Hilfen zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten im Falle einer Naturkatastrophe gehören wohl zu den wenigen Gründen, die eine übernationale, einer Versicherung auf Gegenseitigkeit gleichkommende Lösung rechtfertigen. Wenn es eine sinnvolle Funktion der EU geben könnte, dann würde ich mich für eine supranationale Versicherung gegen Naturkatastrophen entscheiden.
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Latvia (A8-0089/2017 - Claude Moraes) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über den automatisierten Austausch daktyloskopischer Daten mit Lettland und zur Ersetzung des Beschlusses 2014/911/EU habe ich abgelehnt.Während ein Datenaustausch im konkreten Fall zulässig sein kann, halte ich den automatisierten Austausch von Daten für zweifelhaft. Die Souveränität der Nationalstaaten über die Daten ihrer Bürger muss gewährleistet bleiben. Dies ist bei einem automatischen Austausch nicht mehr der Fall.
Automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in Slovakia, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Cyprus, Poland, Sweden, Malta and Belgium (A8-0091/2017 - Judith Sargentini) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über den automatisierten Austausch von DNA-Daten in der Slowakei, Portugal, Lettland, Litauen, der Tschechischen Republik, Estland, Ungarn, Zypern, Polen, Schweden, Malta und Belgien zur Ersetzung der Beschlüsse 2010/689/EU, 2011/472/EU, 2011/715/EU, 2011/887/EU, 2012/58/EU, 2012/299/EU, 2012/445/EU, 2012/673/EU, 2013/3/EU, 2013/148/EU, 2013/152/EU und 2014/410/EU habe ich abgelehnt.Während ein Datenaustausch im konkreten Fall zulässig sein kann, halte ich den automatisierten Austausch von Daten für zweifelhaft. Die Souveränität der Nationalstaaten über die Daten ihrer Bürger muss gewährleistet bleiben. Dies ist bei einem automatischen Austausch nicht mehr der Fall.
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Slovakia, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Cyprus, Estonia, Malta, Romania and Finland (A8-0092/2017 - Tomáš Zdechovský) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über den automatisierten Austausch daktyloskopischer Daten mit der Slowakei, Bulgarien, Frankreich, der Tschechischen Republik, Litauen, den Niederlanden, Ungarn, Zypern, Estland, Malta, Rumänien und Finnland zur Ersetzung der Beschlüsse 2010/682/EU, 2010/758/EU, 2011/355/EU, 2011/434/EU, 2011/888/EU, 2012/46/EU, 2012/446/EU, 2012/672/EU, 2012/710/EU, 2013/153/EU, 2013/229/EU und 2013/792/EU habe ich abgelehnt.Während ein Datenaustausch im konkreten Fall zulässig sein kann, halte ich den automatisierten Austausch von Daten für zweifelhaft. Die Souveränität der Nationalstaaten über die Daten ihrer Bürger muss gewährleistet bleiben. Dies ist bei einem automatischen Austausch nicht mehr der Fall.
Automatic exchange of data concerning vehicles registered in Finland, Slovenia, Romania, Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary (A8-0095/2017 - Filiz Hyusmenova) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über den automatisierten Austausch von Fahrzeugregisterdaten in Finnland, Slowenien, Rumänien, Polen, Schweden, Litauen, Bulgarien, der Slowakei und Ungarn und zur Ersetzung der Beschlüsse 2010/559/EU, 2011/387/EU, 2011/547/EU, 2012/236/EU, 2012/664/EU, 2012/713/EU, 2013/230/EU, 2013/692/EU und 2014/264/EU habe ich abgelehnt.Während ein Datenaustausch im konkreten Fall zulässig sein kann, halte ich den automatisierten Austausch von Daten für zweifelhaft. Die Souveränität der Nationalstaaten über die Daten ihrer Bürger muss gewährleistet bleiben. Dies ist bei einem automatischen Austausch nicht mehr der Fall.
Automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Malta, Cyprus and Estonia (A8-0090/2017 - Maria Grapini) DE
Die Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über den automatisierten Austausch von Fahrzeugregisterdaten in Malta, Zypern und Estland und zur Ersetzung der Beschlüsse 2014/731/EU, 2014/743/EU und 2014/744/EU habe ich abgelehnt.Während ein Datenaustausch im konkreten Fall zulässig sein kann, halte ich den automatisierten Austausch von Daten für zweifelhaft. Die Souveränität der Nationalstaaten über die Daten ihrer Bürger muss gewährleistet bleiben. Dies ist bei einem automatischen Austausch nicht mehr der Fall.
Genetically modified maize Bt11 × 59122 × MIR604 × 1507 × GA21 (B8-0236/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zum Entwurf des Durchführungsbeschlusses der Kommission über die Zulassung des Inverkehrbringens von Erzeugnissen, die genetisch veränderten Mais der Sorte Bt11 × 59122 × MIR604 × 1507 × GA21 enthalten, aus ihm bestehen oder aus ihm gewonnen werden, und von genetisch veränderten Maissorten, in denen zwei, drei oder vier der Sorten Bt11, 59122, MIR604, 1507 und GA21 kombiniert werden, gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1829/2003 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über genetisch veränderte Lebensmittel und Futtermittel habe ich zugestimmt.Aufgrund der gravierenden Bedenken ist der Antrag, dass die Kommission zum Zurückziehen des Entwurfs eines Durchführungsbeschlusses aufgefordert wird, richtig. Im Grundsatzprogramm der AfD heißt es: „Der Einsatz in Medizintechnik und Landwirtschaft ist nur nach sorgfältigster Prüfung durch benannte Stellen in klar definiertem Rahmen zu genehmigen“. Diese sorgfältige Prüfung liegt hier nicht vor. Es fehlen Informationen und Daten. Es fehlen Studien, bzw. durchgeführte Studien fanden nicht ordnungsgemäß statt, sie hatten nur eine unzureichende Datengrundlage.
Addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action (A8-0045/2017 - Elena Valenciano, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra) DE
Der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zur Bewältigung von Flüchtlings- und Migrantenströmen: Die Rolle des auswärtigen Handelns der EU habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Es ist nur Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel zu verdanken, dass die EU und die Mitgliedstaaten heute mit der massiven Einreise von Wirtschaftsmigranten und illegalen Einwanderern konfrontiert sind. Anstatt die Grenzen zu schützen und damit ihre Pflicht zu erfüllen, öffnete Frau Merkel die Grenzen ganz bewusst. Wie wir heute wissen, geschah das ganz und gar nicht aus „humanitären Erwägungen“, sondern aus Angst vor schlechter Presse. Die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin hat ihren Glanz in der Presse als „Mutter Teresa von Europa“ höher bewertet als ihre Pflicht, die Grenzen und mithin die Bevölkerung zu schützen. Zu allem Überfluss empfiehlt das Europäische Parlament, dass sich die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten dazu verpflichten, mehr legale Möglichkeiten der Einreise in die EU umzusetzen – unabhängig davon, ob dabei Schutz gesucht, ein Arbeits- oder Ausbildungsplatz angestrebt oder zum Zwecke der Familienzusammenführung eingereist wird. Das ist ein falscher Ansatz. Das Europäische Parlament fordert die Mitgliedstaaten und die Kommission außerdem auf, alle notwendigen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, um schnellere, erschwinglichere und sicherere Geldüberweisungen von Migranten sowohl in den Herkunfts- als auch in den Aufnahmeländern zu fördern, unter anderem durch eine Reduzierung der Transaktionskosten.
Characteristics for fishing vessels (A8-0376/2016 - Werner Kuhn)
I voted against this proposal for a regulation. The only reason such regulation would be necessary is if an institution wishes to regulate the fishing industry. Given the EU’s common fisheries policy’s (CFP) failure to address the long term sustainability of fish stocks in addition to the slow speed of reform, it would be best if Member States sovereignty over fisheries were restored. This would help foster regulatory competition in order to discover the best practices for fishing in both a sustainable and profitable manner.
Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (A8-0048/2017 - Daniel Dalton) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlamentes zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Genehmigung und die Marktüberwachung von Kraftfahrzeugen und Kraftfahrzeuganhängern sowie von Systemen, Bauteilen und selbstständigen technischen Einheiten für diese Fahrzeuge habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Mit dieser Verordnung soll auf Verzögerungen bei Fahrzeugrückrufaktionen in der Union reagiert werden. Dazu werden der Kommission weitergehende Rechte eingeräumt. Ich lehne weitere Kompetenzübertragungen an die EU ab. Es ist insbesondere falsch, auf falsche Regulierung der Abgaswerte durch die EU mit einer Kompetenzübertragung an die EU zu reagieren. Insoweit Fahrzeughersteller den Kunden falsche Angaben gemacht haben, sollte dies zu einer privatrechtlichen Haftung führen, nicht zu mehr Rechten für die Bürokratie. In dem Zusammenhang muss darauf hingewiesen werden, dass eine etwaige Schwäche des Privatrechts wiederum auf die EU zurückgeht, die sich schon vor Jahren dem Verbraucherschutz verschrieben hat und entsprechendes Recht verordnet hat. Hier wäre anzusetzen.
Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests (A8-0066/2017 - Kateřina Konečná)
I voted against this report as it is another example of a whack-a-mole legislating. At least half of the surge in demand for oil palm over the past half-decade is due to the EU very own targets set regarding use of renewable sources for transport fuel. That is to say, that a major contributor behind deforestation is the EU’s own renewable energy policy.Furthermore, the solution to this problem appears to be protectionism in disguise. If we wish to see these countries develop sustainable foresting methods then limiting trade is not the answer, if anything it removes the incentive to do so. The demand for oil palm by consumers free of arbitrary government targets is not the problem. Rather, it is their institutions which, due to their infancy, have not matured enough to provide equivalent regulatory standards. Instead of restricting trade the focus should be on scrapping these arbitrary and renewable targets.
Women and their roles in rural areas (A8-0058/2017 - Marijana Petir, Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Frauen und ihren Rollen in ländlichen Gebieten habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Das Leben der Frauen in ländlichen Gebieten zu steuern, sollte nicht Aufgabe der EU sein, sondern der jeweiligen Landesregierungen. Es entspricht dem EU-Grundprinzip der Subsidiarität, also Entscheidungen so nah wie möglich am Menschen zu treffen. Also nicht in Brüssel. Außerdem ist diese Entschließung ein weiteres Beispiel für Gender-Mainstreaming und institutionelle Steuerung von Werten und Normen mit anderen Vorzeichen - diesmal für die Landbevölkerung. Die durch die EU verordnete Wettbewerbsverzerrung durch Sonderkonditionen ausschließlich für Frauen im ländlichen Raum bringt für niemanden Vorteile. Hier werden Frauen gegen die Männer ausgespielt. Dieses Spiel spiele ich jedoch nicht mit.
Draft recommendation following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (B8-0177/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments über den Entwurf einer Empfehlung des Europäischen Parlaments an den Rat und die Kommission im Anschluss an die Untersuchung zu Emissionsmessungen in der Automobilindustrie (2016/2908(RSP)) habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Das EU-Parlament hat einen nichtständigen Untersuchungsausschuss eingesetzt, mit dem man auf Probleme bei den Texten rund um Abgasmessungen reagiert. Mit dieser Entschließung fordert das EU-Parlament unter anderem Zugang zu Dokumenten der nationalen Parlamente, und zudem fordert es in diesem Zusammenhang, dass eine europäische Agentur für Fahrzeugüberwachung geschaffen wird. Mehr Kompetenzen für die EU infolge eines durch Zentralisierung und mangelhaftes EU-Recht entstandenen Problems lehne ich ab.
EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017 (RC-B8-0183/2017, B8-0183/2017, B8-0184/2017, B8-0185/2017, B8-0186/2017, B8-0187/2017, B8-0188/2017, B8-0189/2017) DE
Ich habe gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt.Die EU ist kein Staat und hat mithin nicht das Recht, sich als Staat bei der UNO zu verhalten. Das gilt konsequenterweise vor allem auch für Menschenrechtsfragen, wo vielerlei Manipulationen möglich sind. Die EU redet bei Menschenrechtsfragen bei der UNO mit gespaltener Zunge und wiegt Menschenrechtsverletzungen ganz unterschiedlich.Eine dieser Manipulationen ist die Einführung, durch die Hintertür, eines neuen Diskriminierungsmerkmals, der „Geschlechtsidentität“. Sexuelle Sonderrechte für Minderheiten bei der UNO einzufordern oder die Bevölkerung durch die Gender-Ideologie umzuerziehen – das kann die EU gut.Aber suchen Sie mal in dieser Entschließung zu den Prioritäten der EU für die Tagungen des Menschenrechtsrats der Vereinten Nationen im Jahr 2017 eine Forderung der EU zum Schutz von verfolgten Katholiken oder einfach nur Christen ganz allgemein: Fehlanzeige! Die verfolgten Christen sind es der EU nicht wert, verteidigt zu werden. Das geht aus dieser Entschließung ganz deutlich hervor. Wann bemerken das die Bischofskonferenzen der Mitgliedstaaten endlich?
Supply chain due diligence by importers of minerals and metals originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (A8-0141/2015 - Iuliu Winkler)
. ‒ I voted against this proposal for regulation.This legislation is along the lines of Section 1502 in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, which has been disastrous for people in conflict areas, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. After its implementation, Western buyers could not legally buy mineral exports from Congo, causing the price to drop more than 90%. This has pushed millions of miners out of work and their families deeper into poverty. In order to survive, miners joined armed groups leading to more looting and violence. Mineral smuggling became more lucrative. The very groups this legislation intended to disempower have benefited, while legitimate miners have faced difficulty with certificate compliance and low prices.The EU’s economic sanctions on countries which are the source of conflict minerals will add to, rather than alleviate, the starvation, poverty and violence that plague these areas.
Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector (A8-0150/2016 - Marco Affronte) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Einführung einer Rahmenregelung der Union für die Erhebung, Verwaltung und Nutzung von Daten im Fischereisektor und Unterstützung wissenschaftlicher Beratung zur Durchführung der Gemeinsamen Fischereipolitik (Neufassung) habe ich abgelehnt.Hier handelt es sich um einen Eingriff in die nationale Souveränität durch Regulierung der nationalen Behördenorganisation der Mitgliedstaaten. Die Tendenzen der Kommission, den Mitgliedstaaten das Wie des Handelns der nationalen Verwaltungsbehörden vorzuschreiben, sind sehr bedenklich. Sie sind Ausdruck des Bestrebens der EU, sich auch im Verwaltungsapparat als Superbehörde über die Verwaltungsbehörden der Mitgliedstaaten zu erheben und so eigene Staatlichkeit zu erlangen.
Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a Common Security and Defence Policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty (A8-0042/2017 - Esteban González Pons, Michael Gahler) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Thema „Verfassungsmäßige, rechtliche und institutionelle Auswirkungen einer Gemeinsamen Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik: Möglichkeiten aufgrund des Vertrags von Lissabon“ habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Die EU will nun eine eigene Armee mit eigenem Hauptquartier und einer EU-Verteidigungspolitik erzwingen. Für diese Bestrebungen ist nach dem Brexit kein Platz. Es ist falsch, die EU zu militarisieren. Es ist gefährlich, wenn sich die EU als Hegemon mit geostrategischen Interessen in ihrer Nachbarschaft geriert und dazu eine Interventionsarmee aufbauen will.Sicherheit und Frieden in Europa wurden durch die Mitgliedschaft in der NATO gewährleistet. Wenn sich die EU jetzt militarisiert, gefährdet sie den Frieden.
An integrated EU policy for the Arctic (A8-0032/2017 - Urmas Paet, Sirpa Pietikäinen)
. ‒ I voted against an integrated EU policy for the Arctic.One of the central functions of the state is to conduct foreign policy. The push for an integrated EU Arctic policy is further evidence of the EU’s crusade towards a United States of Europe. Member States each have their own interests with respect to the Arctic, weighing environmental, economic, and geopolitical concerns differently, and these should be respected.Consider the report’s call for ‘a ban on oil drilling in the Arctic waters of the EU and the EEA’: it is beyond the remit of the EU to ban Member States from making such a decision. It is another example of the EU’s gross incompetence when it comes to geopolitical strategy, as it maintains the vulnerability of our energy dependence.The EU is also under the false impression that an integrated Arctic policy is necessary in order to maintain the high level of cooperation which exists among the members of the Artic Council. However, the EU’s ‘good intentions’ in this region will only contribute to Russia’s growing wariness and to the very militarisation that it wishes to avoid in the first place.
2016 Report on Montenegro (A8-0050/2017 - Charles Tannock) DE
e-Democracy in the EU: potential and challenges (A8-0041/2017 - Ramón Jáuregui Atondo) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur digitalen Demokratie in der Europäischen Union: Potenzial und Herausforderungen habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Außer einigen netten Ansätzen hin zu mehr Transparenz enthält der Bericht nichts von Wert. Es geht die EU nichts an, wie die Mitgliedstaaten ihr Wahlrecht und ihre demokratischen Verfahren ausgestalten. Die EU selbst ist keine Demokratie, da die Erfolgswerte der Stimmabgaben von Mitgliedstaat zu Mitgliedstaat unterschiedlich sind und die Bürger daher nicht fair repräsentiert werden.
EU-Brazil Agreement: modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession (A8-0052/2017 - José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses über den Abschluss eines Abkommens zwischen der EU und Brasilien: Änderung der Zugeständnisse in der Liste Kroatiens im Zuge seines Beitritts habe ich abgelehnt.Erstens bin ich gegen den Beitritt Kroatiens gewesen und auch dagegen, diesen nun in den völkerrechtlichen Verträgen nachzuvollziehen. Zudem erhöht der Beitritt Kroatiens den Zoll auf Zuckerimporte aus Brasilien. Es ist traurig, dass die Zölle der EU auf Importzucker aus Brasilien über denen der Welthandelsorganisation liegen. Die Zuckerverbraucher in Kroatien werden durch den Beitritt geschädigt. Die hohen Zuckerzölle im Vergleich zur Welthandelsorganisation sind Beleg dafür, dass es der EU keineswegs um freien Handel geht, wie in der Debatte um TTIP und CETA behauptet wurde.
Launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Denmark (A8-0051/2017 - Maria Grapini) DE
Den Bericht über den Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über die Aufnahme des automatisierten Austauschs von Fahrzeugregisterdaten mit Dänemark habe ich abgelehnt.Jede Form eines automatisierten Datenaustausches – gleich, welche Daten er betrifft – zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten lehne ich ab.
Launch of automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in Greece (A8-0053/2017 - Claude Moraes) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über die Aufnahme des automatisierten Austauschs von DNA-Daten mit Griechenland habe ich abgelehnt.Jede Form eines automatisierten Datenaustausches – gleich, welche Daten er betrifft – zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten lehne ich ab.
Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products (A8-0022/2017 - Karin Kadenbach) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments betreffend den Standpunkt des Rates in erster Lesung im Hinblick auf die Verabschiedung einer Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über amtliche Kontrollen und andere amtliche Tätigkeiten zur Gewährleistung der Anwendung des Lebens- und Futtermittelrechts und der Vorschriften über Tiergesundheit und Tierschutz, Pflanzengesundheit und Pflanzenschutzmittel etc. habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Regeln über die Tiergesundheit sind mir ein wichtiges Anliegen. Es ist jedoch falsch, Standards dafür auf EU-Ebene zu setzen. Zuständig sollten die Mitgliedstaaten sein. Nur so ist gewährleistet, dass in einem demokratischen Prozess die für jedes Land angemessenen Regelungen gefunden werden können. Zudem ist es entscheidend, dass die Verwaltungspraxis in den Mitgliedstaaten nicht schleichend durch die EU-Kommission dominiert und zu deren verlängertem Arm wird.
Use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union (A8-0327/2016 - Patrizia Toia)
I abstained on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union.Mobile traffic growth is placing heavy demands upon existing infrastructure. This demand could be met through use of spectrum below 1 GHz and this problem could be addressed via regional cooperation. However, the EU is the wrong vehicle through which to bring about this change.
Obstacles to EU citizens’ freedom to move and work in the Internal Market (B8-0179/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Hürden, die EU-Bürger daran hindern, sich innerhalb des Binnenmarktes frei zu bewegen und zu arbeiten, habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Die Entschließung geht am Kern der Bewegungsfreiheit im Binnenmarkt total vorbei. Es geht darum, Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit zu ermöglichen. Der Bericht kapriziert sich jedoch darauf, EU-Ausländern den Zugang zu Sozialsystemen zu ermöglichen und für diesen zudem noch harmonisierte Mindeststandards zu fordern. Wer diesen Bericht nicht ablehnt, ist mit mehr als einem Bein auf dem Weg in eine EU-Transfer- und -Sozialunion.
Commission's approval of Germany's revised plan to introduce a road toll (B8-0180/2017) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Billigung des überarbeiteten Plans Deutschlands, eine Straßenmaut einzuführen, durch die Kommission habe ich abgelehnt.Die Entschließung hält gemeinsame Vorschriften für notwendig, damit ein fairer, diskriminierungsfreier und harmonisierter Rahmen für Systeme zur Erhebung von Straßenbenutzungsgebühren für alle Kraftfahrzeugtypen in der Europäischen Union eingeführt werden kann.Das Letzte, was gebraucht wird, sind harmonisierte Straßenbenutzungsgebühren. Die EU soll sich aus diesen und anderen Angelegenheiten der Mitgliedstaaten heraushalten. In dieser Entschließung geht es vor allem darum, am Beispiel Deutschlands durchzuexerzieren, dass Mautsysteme nicht ohne die Intervention der Kommission errichtet werden können. Unabhängig davon, ob man eine Ausländermaut begrüßt oder nicht, geht es die Kommission einfach nichts an, wie und in welcher Form Maut auf den Straßen der Mitgliedstaaten erhoben wird.
Guidelines for the 2018 budget - Section III (A8-0060/2017 - Siegfried Mureşan) DE
Ich habe gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt.Zu dieser Vorlage reichte ich vier Änderungsanträge ein, um den Respekt des Subsidiaritätsprinzips bei der Haushaltsaufstellung einzufordern.Einer davon lautete: Das EU-Parlament fordert die Organe der EU nachdrücklich auf, bei der Planung und Ausführung des EU-Haushaltsplans 2018 die Vorbehalte der nationalen Regierungen in den einschlägigen internationalen Verträgen, Übereinkommen und Programmen in Bezug auf die sexuelle und reproduktive Gesundheit, Abtreibung, Leihmutterschaft und die Definition von Ehe und Familie uneingeschränkt zu achten.Ein anderer lautete: Das EU-Parlament bekräftigt, dass die Union bei der Planung und der Ausführung des EU-Haushaltsplans 2018 Artikel 4 Absatz 2 des Vertrags über die Europäische Union beachten muss, in dem es heißt: „Die Union achtet die Gleichheit der Mitgliedstaaten vor den Verträgen und ihre jeweilige nationale Identität, die in ihren grundlegenden politischen und verfassungsmäßigen Strukturen einschließlich der regionalen und lokalen Selbstverwaltung zum Ausdruck kommt. Sie achtet die grundlegenden Funktionen des Staates, insbesondere die Wahrung der territorialen Unversehrtheit, die Aufrechterhaltung der öffentlichen Ordnung und den Schutz der nationalen Sicherheit. Insbesondere die nationale Sicherheit fällt weiterhin in die alleinige Verantwortung der einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten.“CDU und CSU haben geschlossen gegen alle vier Anträge gestimmt.Das sollten die Wähler bei den nächsten Wahlen nicht vergessen.
Responsible ownership and care of equidae (A8-0014/2017 - Julie Girling) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu der verantwortlichen Haltung und Pflege von Equiden habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Tier- und Pferdeschutz ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, das auch programmatisch für meine Partei eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Es ist jedoch falsch, diesen Schutz auf EU-Ebene anzusiedeln. Zuständig sollten die Mitgliedstaaten sein. Nur so ist gewährleistet, dass in einem demokratischen Prozess die für jedes Land angemessenen Regelungen gefunden werden können.
Mercury (A8-0313/2016 - Stefan Eck) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zu Quecksilber und zur Aufhebung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1102/2008 habe ich mich enthalten.Es ist unbestritten, dass Quecksilber eine sehr gefährliche Substanz ist. Ich befürworte daher grundsätzlich auch Maßnahmen gegen Quecksilberemissionen. Allerdings sollte im Sinne des Subsidiaritätsprinzips die Kompetenz bezüglich der Umweltschutzpolitik bei den Mitgliedstaaten liegen und nicht bei der EU.
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement (A8-0158/2015 - Sergio Gaetano Cofferati) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2007/36/EG im Hinblick auf die Förderung der langfristigen Einbeziehung der Aktionäre sowie der Richtlinie 2013/34/EU in Bezug auf bestimmte Elemente der Erklärung zur Unternehmensführung habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Wir brauchen einen Wettbewerb der Rechtsordnung, der sich auch auf das Gesellschaftsrecht erstrecken muss. Das angemessene Schutzniveau für Aktionäre ergibt sich dann automatisch, da Unternehmen jeweils die Rechtsordnung wählen werden, mit denen sie ihre Aktionärsbasis – und damit den Zugang zu Eigenkapital – für sie am vorteilhaftesten gestalten. Wenn eine Gesellschaftsrechtsordnung Aktionäre unangemessen benachteiligt, dann werden Aktionäre dies durch mangelnde Nachfrage zeigen. Eine Harmonisierung dieser Regeln unterläuft diesen Regelungswettbewerb.
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (A8-0251/2016 - Vicky Ford) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 91/477/EWG des Rates über die Kontrolle des Erwerbs und des Besitzes von Waffen habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Ich habe auch den Kommissionsvorschlag abgelehnt.Der hier von der großen Mehrheit beschlossene Kompromiss nimmt zwar einige kleinere Verbesserungen am Kommissionsvorschlag vor. Er sorgt jedoch trotz allem für drastische Auswirkungen auf Besitzer von Sport- und Jagdwaffen. Nicht zur Abstimmung kamen die teils von mir gefertigten und teils von mir mitgezeichneten Änderungsanträge meiner Fraktion. Damit wären deutliche Verbesserungen möglich gewesen.Die hier beschlossene Verschärfung des Waffenrechts ist ein weiterer Schritt in die Kriminalisierung unbescholtener Bürger und in den umfassenden Überwachungs- und Bevormundungsstaat. Nötig ist ein liberales Waffenrecht, das seinen Bürgern vertraut. Es ist ein Kennzeichen totalitärer Staaten, den Menschen das Tragen von Waffen und also das Recht auf Selbstverteidigung zu verbieten.
End-of-life vehicles, waste batteries and accumulators and waste electrical and electronic equipment (A8-0013/2017 - Simona Bonafè) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinien 2000/53/EG über Altfahrzeuge, 2006/66/EG über Batterien und Akkumulatoren sowie Altbatterien und Altakkumulatoren und 2012/19/EU über Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte habe ich abgelehnt.Dieser Vorschlag wird unter anderem damit begründet, dass man die „Berichtspflichten der Mitgliedstaaten“ vereinfachen will. Ich lehne solche Berichtspflichten der souveränen Nationalstaaten an die EU ab. Zudem sollte im Sinne des Subsidiaritätsprinzips die Kompetenz bezüglich der Umweltschutzpolitik bei den Mitgliedstaaten liegen und nicht bei der EU.
Waste (A8-0034/2017 - Simona Bonafè) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2008/98/EG über Abfälle habe ich abgelehnt.Die Vermeidung von Abfällen, die Reduktion von bisher anfallendem Abfall und auch Recycling sind sinnvolle und gute Dinge. Allerdings gehören diese Punkte zur Kompetenz der Nationalstaaten, die ihre eigenen Regelungen finden müssen, sind also keine Angelegenheit, die auf EU-Ebene geregelt werden müsste.
Landfill of waste (A8-0031/2017 - Simona Bonafè) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 1999/31/EG des Rates über Abfalldeponien habe ich abgelehnt.Die Förderung einer effizienten Nutzung von Ressourcen sowie eine Verringerung der Erzeugung von Abfällen sind wichtig und gut. Die Umweltpolitik ist allerdings eine Kompetenz der Nationalstaaten, und folglich muss hierzu nichts auf EU-Ebene geregelt werden.
Packaging and packaging waste (A8-0029/2017 - Simona Bonafè) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 94/62/EG über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle lehne ich ab.Quantitative Vermeidung und die qualitative Verbesserung der Verpackungen werden für den Vorschlag unter anderem als Begründung angeführt. Das ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, sollte jedoch im Sinne des Subsidiaritätsprinzips den Mitgliedstaaten überlassen werden. Umweltpolitik sollte Sache der einzelnen Nationalstaaten sein, und es bedarf folglich keiner Regelungen auf EU-Ebene.
Equality between women and men in the EU in 2014-2015 (A8-0046/2017 - Ernest Urtasun) DE
Schon wieder ein Jahresbericht! Ich schlage vor, den Rhythmus der Gender-Evaluationsberichte auf zwei pro Legislaturperiode zu reduzieren: eine Bestandsaufnahme zu Beginn und eine Evaluierung am Ende der Wahlperiode. Das würde den jetzt vorherrschenden Aktionismus im Frauenausschuss zugunsten einer dann (hoffentlich) tiefergehenden Analyse beenden.Die Mitglieder des EU-Parlaments weigern sich, innerhalb ihrer eigenen Ausschüsse eine Zwangsquote anzuwenden. Das wurde bei der Neubesetzung der Ausschuss-Präsidien deutlich. Doch sie schrecken nicht davor zurück, den Mitgliedstaaten Vorschriften zu machen, um die Bevölkerung umzuerziehen.Doch diese Entschließung macht auch Mut. Die EU-Genderaktivisten beklagen sich über zunehmenden Widerstand gegen ihre Ideologie. „Sexuelle Ausrichtung“, „Geschlechtsidentität“, „Geschlechtsmerkmale“ oder Toiletten für „Intersex“ und „Transgender“ sowie Uni-Lehrstühle zur Verbreitung der pseudowissenschaftlichen Gender-Ideologie sind nämlich Spielzeuge einer kleinen Minderheit auf Kosten der ganz normalen Bevölkerung. Dagegen regt sich Widerstand. Die Familien in den Mitgliedstaaten haben nämlich handfeste Sorgen: Arbeit, Sicherheit, die Entwertung der Sparguthaben durch den Euro, die Möglichkeit, dass Mütter und Väter ihre Kinder in der eigenen Familie erziehen können. Wieder weigert sich das EU-Parlament mit den Stimmen der Christdemokraten, die von Frauen und Männern geleistete Familienarbeit als gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung anzuerkennen.Ich habe mich nicht enthalten, sondern konsequent gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt.
Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (A8-0043/2017 - Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz) DE
Ich habe mich bei dieser Vorlage enthalten. Es handelt sich hier um die Umsetzung der Gender-Ideologie mit anderen Mitteln. Sonderrechte sollen für Transgender-Personen und intersexuelle Personen erst in Brüssel beschlossen werden, weil da der politische Widerstand geringer ist. Und es stellt sich auch die Frage, ob die EU wirklich dafür Sorge tragen muss, Dienstleistungsanbieter zur kostenlosen Bereitstellung von Wickeltischen oder Wickelräumen zu verpflichten. Diese familienorientierten Aspekte sind an sich nicht falsch. Aber muss Brüssel wirklich über die sanitären Einrichtungen im Bürgermeisteramt von Oldenburg entscheiden?
EU funds for gender equality (A8-0033/2017 - Clare Moody) DE
Ich habe gegen diesen Bericht gestimmt. Kein Euro soll mehr für die Gender-Umerziehungsmaßnahmen unter dem Vorwand der Nichtdiskriminierung ausgegeben werden.Das Parlament wünscht, die Gender-Ideologie solle mittels „geschlechtsspezifischer Indikatoren“, „geschlechterdifferenzierter Folgenabschätzungen“ (Gender Impact Assessment – GIA) und der „Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung“ (Gender Budgeting – GB) vorangetrieben werden. Maßgebliches Werkzeug dafür ist das Europäische Genderinstitut. Ich fordere dessen unverzügliche Abschaffung und die Umwidmung der dadurch freiwerdenden Haushaltsmittel zur Förderung einer nationalen Politik, die die gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung durch Mütter und Väter anerkennt.Mehrausgaben für Genderpolitik zu verhindern ist eine Verpflichtung, die sich aus der Entschließung ergibt: Trotz der dem mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen (MFR) beigefügten gemeinsamen Erklärung zum Gender Mainstreaming werden nämlich kaum Fortschritte in diesem Bereich verzeichnet. Wozu soll Brüssel also Steuergelder für eine Luxuspolitik einer ideologisch agierenden Minderheit ausgeben, die nachweislich erfolglos ist und in den Mitgliedstaaten keine Wirkung zeigt?Die Menschen lehnen diese Luxuspolitik ab und fordern von der EU und den Mitgliedstaaten konkrete Lösungen für Probleme wie Sicherheit, Arbeit und die Entwertung der Sparguthaben durch den Euro.
Fundamental rights implications of big data (A8-0044/2017 - Ana Gomes) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu den Folgen von Massendaten für die Grundrechte: Privatsphäre, Datenschutz, Nichtdiskriminierung, Sicherheit und Rechtsdurchsetzung habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der Bericht ist in einigen Bereichen ordentlich gelungen, insbesondere wo es um den Missbrauch von Daten durch staatliche Behörden geht. Er ordnet der Kommission allerdings eine viel zu große Rolle in Bezug auf den Umgang mit Massendaten zu. Ich halte dies in vielerlei Hinsicht für gefährlich, etwa indem der Bericht beispielsweise betont, dass die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Regierungen, Bildungseinrichtungen und Medienorganisationen eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Förderung der digitalen Medienkompetenz spielt. Diese Verschränkung von Staat, Wissenschaft und Medien muss aufgelöst, nicht vertieft werden.
Minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits (A8-0011/2017 - Stefan Eck) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu Mindestanforderungen für den Schutz von Nutzkaninchen habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Tierschutz ist ein wichtiges Anliegen, das auch programmatisch für meine Partei eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Es ist jedoch falsch, Standards für diesen Schutz auf EU-Ebene anzusiedeln. Zuständig sollten die Mitgliedstaaten sein. Nur so ist gewährleistet, dass in einem demokratischen Prozess die für jedes Land angemessenen Regelungen gefunden werden können.
EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (A8-0009/2017 - Artis Pabriks) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss des umfassenden Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommens (CETA) zwischen Kanada einerseits und der Europäischen Union und ihren Mitgliedstaaten andererseits habe ich nicht zugestimmt.CETA hat in meinen Augen nichts mit Freihandel zu tun. Es streicht zwar die Zölle auf fast alle Waren, was ich begrüße, denn Zölle werden am Ende von den Verbrauchern durch höhere Warenpreise bezahlt. Zudem finanziert sich auch die EU aus dem Zollaufkommen – das kann ja erst recht keiner wollen. Freihandel bedeutet aber nicht nur, dass Zölle gesenkt werden, sondern dass die Bürger des einen Landes kaufen dürfen, was die Bürger eines anderen Landes produzieren, und die jeweiligen Regierungen sich nicht einmischen. Das ist ein Freiheitsrecht.CETA ist allerdings ein Abkommen, das 1 600 Seiten mit Bestimmungen füllt. Da könnte man durchaus sagen, es sei kein Freihandelsabkommen, sondern ein Handelsverhinderungsabkommen. Es ist im ureigentlichen Sinne ein protektionistisches Abkommen, das den Interessen derjenigen dient, die den Text beeinflussen konnten (beteiligte Regierungen, Großunternehmen).Zu alledem kommt noch meine Kritik an dem Schiedsgerichtssystem, das nur oberflächlich reformiert wurde, aber weiterhin Souveränitätseinbußen mit sich bringt, und an der regulatorischen Kooperation. Beides lehne ich ab.
Conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA (B8-0141/2017, B8-0142/2017, B8-0143/2017, B8-0144/2017, B8-0145/2017, B8-0146/2017) DE
Dem gemeinsamen Entschließungsantrag von ALDE, EKR und EVP habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Er wurde letztendlich auch nicht verabschiedet. Das zeigt, dass sich die Fraktionen der CDU/CSU und der FDP im EU-Parlament nicht einmal auf eine gemeinsame Begründung für den Abschluss des sog. Freihandelsabkommens CETA einigen können – kein einziger Entschließungsantrag fand eine Mehrheit.Letztendlich ist die Entschließung wohl an der Kritik an den Schiedsgerichten gescheitert, mit denen die nationalstaatliche Souveränität untergraben wird. Die jetzt feilgebotenen Internationalen Handelsgerichtshöfe können nicht überzeugen – sie treffen gleichsam souveränitätsbeschränkende Entscheidungen.Äußerst problematisch ist in meinen Augen vor allem CETA-Kapitel 21 über die sog. regulatorische Kooperation. Wir haben in den letzten Jahren gesehen, dass sich die führenden Staaten (etwa G20, G7, G8) eine Internationalisierung der Regeln vorgenommen haben. Das macht auch vor dem Handel nicht halt. Regulatorische Kooperation bedeutet, dass Staaten ihre Regeln aufeinander abstimmen, sie harmonisieren und regulatorische Unterschiede in einem gesteuerten Prozess abbauen. Mir persönlich ist der Erhalt zwischenstaatlicher Regulierungsunterschiede ein besonderes Anliegen. Ich halte das von den G20 verfolgte Ziel einer einheitlichen, globalen Regulierung für höchst gefährlich. Wir brauchen den Wettbewerb der Nationalstaaten und eben auch deren Wettbewerb untereinander um einen Regulierungsrahmen, der den Bürgern des jeweiligen Staates am besten nutzt.
EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement (A8-0028/2017 - Charles Tannock) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss – im Namen der Europäischen Union – des Abkommens über eine strategische Partnerschaft zwischen der Europäischen Union und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und Kanada andererseits habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Diese Abkommen sollten nicht in die Kompetenz der EU fallen. Im Übrigen finde ich es schwer erträglich, wenn die Mehrheit des Hauses bereitwillig strategische Partnerschaften mit aller Herren Länder schließen will, mit dem Vereinigten Königreich aber offenbar keine privilegierte Partnerschaft eingehen, sondern ihm vor allem den Status des Zahlmeisters zuweisen will.
EU-Mongolia Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation (A8-0382/2016 - Helmut Scholz) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss des Rahmenabkommens über Partnerschaft und Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Europäischen Union und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und der Mongolei andererseits habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Diese Abkommen sollten nicht in die Kompetenz der EU fallen. Im Übrigen finde ich es schwer erträglich, wenn die Mehrheit des Hauses bereitwillig strategische Partnerschaften mit aller Herren Länder schließen will, mit dem Vereinigten Königreich aber offenbar keine privilegierte Partnerschaft eingehen, sondern ihm vor allem den Status des Zahlmeisters zuweisen will.
EU-Mongolia Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation (Resolution) (A8-0383/2016 - Helmut Scholz) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss des Rahmenabkommens über Partnerschaft und Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Europäischen Union und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und der Mongolei andererseits habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Diese Abkommen sollten nicht länger in die Kompetenz der EU fallen. Im Übrigen finde ich es schwer erträglich, wenn die Mehrheit des Hauses bereitwillig strategische Partnerschaften mit aller Herren Länder schließen will, mit dem Vereinigten Königreich aber offenbar keine privilegierte Partnerschaft eingehen, sondern ihm vor allem den Status des Zahlmeisters zuweisen will.
Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (Product Coverage Annex) (A8-0007/2017 - Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss – im Namen der Europäischen Union – des Protokolls (2015) zur Änderung des Anhangs des Übereinkommens über den Handel mit Zivilluftfahrzeugen habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Durch das Übereinkommen über den Handel mit Zivilluftfahrzeugen, das von 32 Parteien unterzeichnet wurde und 1980 in Kraft trat, werden Einfuhrzölle auf alle Luftfahrzeuge, mit Ausnahme militärischer Luftfahrzeuge, sowie auf alle anderen Waren, die unter das Übereinkommen fallen, insbesondere auf Zivilluftfahrzeuge, alle Bauteile und Baugruppen von Zivilluftfahrzeugen und Flugsimulatoren, beseitigt. In einem Anhang des Übereinkommens sind die Waren aufgeführt, denen Zollfreiheit gewährt wird. Die Waren im Anhang werden unter ihren jeweiligen Tarifpositionen des von der Weltzollorganisation erarbeiteten Harmonisierten Systems zur Bezeichnung und Codierung der Waren eingereiht.Hier geht es um eine technische Aktualisierung des Abkommens im Rahmen der „gemeinsamen Handelspolitik“. Die EU sollte die Kompetenz für Handelspolitik an die Mitgliedstaaten zurückgeben, da eine zentralisierte Handelspolitik schädlich für die Verbraucher ist.
Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments (A8-0003/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Richtlinie 2003/87/EG zwecks Verbesserung der Kosteneffizienz von Emissionsminderungsmaßnahmen und zur Förderung von Investitionen in CO2-effiziente Technologien habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Meine Partei lehnt die pseudowissenschaftlichen Theorien über den menschengemachten Klimawandel und die darauf aufbauende, misanthropische und kostspielige Klimapolitik zu Lasten der Verbraucher und Steuerzahler ab. Das Emissionshandelssystem lehne ich daher ebenso ab. Die EU sollte besser anerkennen, dass sie nicht mehr erreicht hat, als die Energiepreise für Konsumenten und Industrie zu erhöhen und Arbeitsplätze zu vernichten, und Investitionen ins EU-Ausland verlagert hat.Für die Bundesregierung gilt in Bezug auf die Energiewende das Gleiche.
Objection pursuant to rule 105(3): Regulatory technical standards for the application of position limits to commodity derivatives (B8-0139/2017, B8-0147/2017, B8-0148/2017) DE
Den drei Entschließungen des EU-Parlaments zu der Delegierten Verordnung (EU) Nr. …/… der Kommission vom 1. Dezember 2016 zur Ergänzung der Richtlinie 2014/65/EU des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates durch technische Regulierungsstandards für die Anwendung von Positionslimits für Warenderivate (C(2016)4362 – 2016/3017(DEA)) habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Es geht darum, von der Kommission vorgelegte Regulierungsstandards zurückzuweisen. Dieses Ansinnen der linken Fraktionen im Parlament ist getragen von dem Wunsch, Nahrungsmittelspekulationen zu verhindern, indem das Eingehen von Warenterminkontrakten noch weiter erschwert wird.Hierfür ist die EU jedoch gar nicht zuständig. Es ist gerade das Versagen der supranationalen Regulierungsbemühungen und Vereinheitlichungsprojekte, welche die Finanzkrise hervorgerufen haben. Der Wunsch nach einer besseren Regulierung durch die Institutionen, die für die krisenverursachenden Regulierungen zuständig sind, ist kontraproduktiv. Geeignete Regulierungen des Warenterminhandels – der ebenso positive wie negative Auswirkungen auf die Konsumenten haben kann – können nur im Regulierungswettbewerb der Nationalstaaten gefunden werden.
2016 Report on Albania (A8-0023/2017 - Knut Fleckenstein) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Bericht 2016 der Kommission über Albanien habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Ich lehne die Ausweitung der EU um weitere Mitgliedstaaten aus prinzipiellen Gründen ab, so dass ich auch diesem Fortschrittsbericht nicht zustimmen kann. Die EU muss erst ihre internen Probleme lösen, Kompetenzen an die Mitgliedstaaten zurückgeben und eine neue Vision hervorbringen, bevor sie sich erneut an die Aufnahme neuer Mitglieder wagen kann.
2016 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (A8-0026/2017 - Cristian Dan Preda) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Bericht 2016 der Kommission über Bosnien und Herzegowina habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Ich lehne die Ausweitung der EU um weitere Mitgliedstaaten aus prinzipiellen Gründen ab, so dass ich auch diesem Fortschrittsbericht nicht zustimmen kann. Die EU muss erst ihre internen Probleme lösen, Kompetenzen an die Mitgliedstaaten zurückgeben und eine neue Vision hervorbringen, bevor sie sich erneut an die Aufnahme neuer Mitglieder wagen kann.
European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2017 (A8-0039/2017 - Gunnar Hökmark) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Europäischen Semester für die Koordinierung der Wirtschaftspolitik: Jahreswachstumsbericht 2017 habe ich aus ganzem Herzen abgelehnt.Es ist wirklich traurig zu sehen, wie aus der guten Vorlage des Rapporteurs durch die linke Mehrheit ein Stück Altpapier gemacht worden ist. Ich stelle mit Besorgnis fest, wie wenig Respekt, ja sogar Verachtung, die Mehrheit des EU-Parlaments für die wirtschafts- und haushaltspolitische Souveränität der Mitgliedstaaten hat.Und natürlich lässt diese Mehrheit auch keine Gelegenheit aus, als „Eigenmittel“ verbrämte eigene Besteuerungsrechte für die EU zu fordern. Zudem will der Bericht den EU-Haushalt mit denen der Mitgliedstaaten verknüpfen.All das überschreitet die Kompetenzen der EU. Es führt zudem ins wirtschaftspolitische Desaster.
European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2017 (A8-0037/2017 - Yana Toom) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Europäischen Semester für die Koordinierung der Wirtschaftspolitik: Beschäftigungspolitische und soziale Aspekte im Jahreswachstumsbericht 2017 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der Bericht mischt sich unter Verstoß gegen das Subsidiaritätsprinzip in die Sozialpolitik der Mitgliedstaaten auf unlautere Art und Weise ein. Exemplarisch sei die Forderung genannt, die Mitgliedstaaten mögen entsprechend „ihrer finanziellen und steuerlichen Lage ehrgeizige soziale Standards festlegen, und zwar insbesondere, sofern noch nicht vorhanden, durch Einführung angemessener Mindesteinkommensmodelle für die gesamte Dauer des Erwerbslebens“. Und das ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Die EU ist dezentral – oder sie ist gar nichts.
Single Market Governance within the European Semester 2017 (A8-0016/2017 - Antonio López-Istúriz White) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Jahresbericht über die Binnenmarkt-Governance im Rahmen des Europäischen Semesters 2017 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der Bericht geht von der Annahme aus, dass, wenn Märkte fragmentiert und unterschiedlichen Regelungen unterworfen sind, dies ein schlechter und politisch abzuändernder Zustand ist. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Europa ist groß geworden durch den Wettbewerb zwischen den Staaten, die jeweils eigene Regulierungsangebote an ihre Bewohner gemacht haben. Es ist der Grundfehler, die Vielfalt, in welcher Europa vereint sein sollte, durch Brüsseler Einfalt ablösen zu wollen.
Banking Union - Annual Report 2016 (A8-0019/2017 - Danuta Maria Hübner) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Bankenunion – Jahresbericht 2016 habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der Bericht fordert in Ziffer 55 eine „dritte Säule, um die Bankenunion zu vollenden; verweist darauf, dass die Einlagensicherung ein gemeinsames Anliegen aller EU-Bürger ist; weist darauf hin, dass derzeit innerhalb des Ausschusses über den Vorschlag für ein europäisches Einlagenversicherungssystem (EDIS) beraten wird.“Als EU-Bürger sehe ich das anders. Es ist nicht mein Anliegen, dass die Einlagensicherung vergemeinschaftet wird. Als Berichterstatterin meiner Fraktion für EDIS vertrete ich mithin eine Ansicht, die in dieser Entschließung nicht repräsentiert wird. Und damit spreche ich für viele Bürger.
Biological low risk pesticides (B8-0140/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu „Biologische Pestizide mit geringem Risiko“ habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Bericht und Änderungsanträge sind gespickt mit nationalen Anliegen. Das zeigt, dass eine EU-Regelung kontraproduktiv ist, den nationalen Interessen nicht gerecht werden kann und daher überflüssig ist.Üblicherweise hilft bei derartigen Konflikten das Subsidiaritätsprinzip: Möge auf der kleineren Einheit geregelt werden, was keine Regelung auf höherer Ebene bedarf. Daher gilt: Auch diese Kompetenz sollte an die Mitgliedstaaten zurückgegeben werden.
EU-Cook Islands sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (A8-0010/2017 - João Ferreira) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss eines partnerschaftlichen Abkommens über nachhaltige Fischerei zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Regierung der Cookinseln und des dazugehörigen Durchführungsprotokolls habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Die EU bezahlt den Zugang zu den Gewässern der Cookinseln. Die EU sollte keine weiteren Fischereiabkommen abschließen. Großbritannien wird die EU verlassen. Somit verliert die EU den Zugang zu den Fanggründen in der Nordsee. Die Fischereipolitik muss auf eine neue Grundlage gestellt werden. Die EU sollte keine gemeinsame Fischereipolitik mehr betreiben, wenn es ab nun mangels eigener Gewässer vornehmlich nur noch darum geht, bestimmten nationalen Flotten den Zugang zu Gewässern zu ermöglichen, die nicht zur EU gehören.
EU-Cook Islands sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (Resolution) (A8-0015/2017 - João Ferreira) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Rates über den Abschluss – im Namen der Europäischen Union – des partnerschaftlichen Abkommens über nachhaltige Fischerei zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Regierung der Cookinseln und das dazugehörige Durchführungsprotokoll habe ich nicht zugestimmt.In dem Abkommen geht es um die sonstigen Rahmenbedingungen für das Fischfangabkommen und eine darauf gründende Partnerschaft. Ohne das zugehörige Fischereiabkommen ist es bedeutungslos. Die EU sollte jedoch keine weiteren Fischereiabkommen abschließen. Großbritannien wird die EU verlassen. Somit verliert die EU den Zugang zu den Fanggründen in der Nordsee. Die Fischereipolitik muss auf eine neue Grundlage gestellt werden. Die EU sollte keine gemeinsame Fischereipolitik mehr betreiben, wenn es ab nun mangels eigener Gewässer vornehmlich noch darum geht, bestimmten nationalen Flotten den Zugang zu Gewässern zu ermöglichen, die nicht zur EU gehören.
Control of the Register and composition of the Commission's expert groups (A8-0002/2017 - Dennis de Jong) DE
Ich habe mich bei dieser Entschließung enthalten, weil sich mir – Reform hin oder her – der Sinn für „Sachverständigengruppen der Kommission“ nicht erschließt.Beantworten Sie selbst die folgende Frage: Warum bezahlt die EU-Kommission knapp 33.000 Beamte und muss dennoch zusätzliche „Sachverständigengruppen“ engagieren?
The role of whistleblowers in the protection of EU´s financial interests (A8-0004/2017 - Dennis de Jong) DE
Das EU-Parlament bedauert, dass die Kommission es bislang versäumt hat, Legislativvorschläge zur Schaffung eines Mindestschutzes für europäische Hinweisgeber vorzulegen. Ich bedaure das gar nicht, weil die EU-Kommission keine neuen Zuständigkeiten erhalten soll. Deswegen habe ich gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt. Es gibt bereits zahlreiche Instrumente, um Misswirtschaft zu bekämpfen und die Rechtmäßigkeit der Ausgaben zu kontrollieren.Diese Instrumente – beispielsweise der Haushaltskontrollausschuss des EU-Parlaments, OLAF oder der Rechnungshof – müssen erst einmal angewandt werden, bevor neue Instrumente bzw. ganze neue Organe auf EU-Ebene geschaffen werden. Außerdem fließen die EU-Mittel vor allem an die Mitgliedstaaten und daher sind die Mitgliedsstaaten in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kommission verpflichtet, die Rechtmäßigkeit der Ausgaben zu kontrollieren. Es sollten also die Mitgliedsstaaten angehalten werden, mit eigenen nationalen Instrumenten zur besseren Kontrolle und zum Schutz von Informationen bei Misswirtschaft beizutragen.
List of third States and organisations with which Europol shall conclude agreements (A8-0035/2017 - Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates zur Änderung des Beschlusses 2009/935/JI hinsichtlich der Liste der Drittstaaten und dritten Organisationen, mit denen Europol Abkommen schließt, habe ich zugestimmt.Der Beschluss bereitet Dänemarks Austritt aus Europol vor. Diesen Schritt unterstütze ich.Der legislative Weg dahin würde zwei aufeinander folgende Legislativverfahren umfassen: Zunächst wird hiermit Dänemark in die Liste der Staaten und Organisationen aufgenommen, mit denen Europol internationale Kooperationsabkommen schließt.Anschließend wird das Abkommen über operative Zusammenarbeit zwischen Europol und Dänemark geschlossen.
Subjecting the new psychoactive substance methyl 2-[[1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1H-indole-3-carbonyl]amino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoate (MDMB-CHMICA) to control measures (A8-0024/2017 - Lorenzo Fontana) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Durchführungsbeschlusses des Rates über Kontrollmaßnahmen für Methyl 2-[[1-(cyclohecylmethyl)-1H-indol-3-carbonyl]amino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoat (MDMB-CHMICA) habe ich mich enthalten.Es ist nicht Aufgabe der EU, diese Substanzen zu regulieren. Inhaltlich mag die Entscheidung jedoch richtig sein.
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2016/005 NL/Drenthe Overijssel Retail (A8-0036/2017 - Nedzhmi Ali) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Inanspruchnahme des Europäischen Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung (Antrag aus den Niederlanden – EGF/2016/005 NL/Drente Overijssel Einzelhandel) habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Wir entscheiden laufend über Subventionen aus diesem Fonds. Der EGF verfügt im Zeitraum 2014–2020 über ein maximales Jahresbudget von 150 Millionen Euro. Ich lehne diesen Fonds grundsätzlich als Verschwendung von Geld der Steuerzahler ab. Der Fonds subventioniert Unterstützungsmaßnahmen, wenn sich ein Unternehmen mit seinem Geschäftsmodell im Wettbewerb nicht behaupten konnte. Der Fonds bedeutet zudem eine Überschreitung von Kompetenzen der EU. Es ist absurd, solche Rettungsmaßnahmen bei Wettbewerbsunfähigkeit von Einzelunternehmungen oder Branchen auf EU-Ebene zu beschließen anstatt auf nationaler Ebene. Das ist mindestens ein Verstoß gegen das Subsidiaritätsprinzip und zudem ein Verstoß gegen wirtschaftspolitische Lehren. Der Europäische Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung gehört geschlossen und umgehend abgewickelt.
Revision of the European Consensus on Development (A8-0020/2017 - Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Norbert Neuser) DE
Unser Geld – unsere Werte“ ist das Credo der EU für die Entwicklungshilfe. Kein Wunder, dass die Entwicklungsländer sich gegen den Kulturimperialismus der EU zur Wehr setzen. Das haben sie übrigens kraftvoll schon in ihrer Erklärung A (2010) 21584 vom 28. September 2010 in der 21. Sitzung der Parlamentarischen Versammlung AKP-EU getan.Doch die EU kümmert sich darum wenig. Das EU-Parlament fordert, „Geschlechtsidentität“ zum Indikator der Entwicklungshilfe zu machen. Außerdem fordert das EU-Parlament ein „Menschenrecht auf Abtreibung“, sehr verklausuliert und daher gerade unübersehbar.Ebenso unfassbar ist die Formulierung in Ziffer 28: Angesichts des demografischen Wachstums entstehen Probleme für die nachhaltige Entwicklung, deswegen soll ein stärkerer Schwerpunkt auf Programme gelegt werden, die sich mit diesem Thema befassen. Das bedeutet: die Ärmsten in Afrika sind der reichen EU zu viel.LGBTI-Förderung, Gender-Ideologie, Menschenrecht auf Abtreibung sind die modernen Indikatoren der EU-Entwicklungshilfe. Kein Wunder, dass die Entwicklungshilfe nicht vorankommt.Diese Forderungen trage ich nicht mit. Deswegen habe ich gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt. Die neue Geschäftsordnung des EU-Parlament erlaubt nicht mehr, Änderungsanträge im Plenum zu Entschließungsvorlagen wie dieser einzureichen.
Annual report on EU competition policy (A8-0001/2017 - Tibor Szanyi) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zum Jahresbericht über die EU-Wettbewerbspolitik habe ich nicht zugestimmt.Der Bericht befasst sich im Wesentlichen mit steuerlichen Fragen und geht über den Bereich der Wettbewerbspolitik hinaus. Er empfiehlt u.a. die Einführung der gemeinsamen konsolidierten Körperschaftsteuerbemessungsgrundlage und fordert einen „fairen Steuerwettbewerb“. Steuerwettbewerb zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten ist eine zwingende Voraussetzung für ein funktionierendes Europa. Wer diesen Wettbewerb einschränken will, der muss die steuerliche Souveränität der Mitgliedstaaten begrenzen und ihnen daher Hoheitsrechte nehmen, selbst wenn dieser Eingriff mit dem euphemistischen Etikett „fair“ versehen wird.Als Schattenberichterstatterin habe ich darauf gedrängt, den Bericht auf originär wettbewerbsrechtliche Themen zu beschränken, bei denen der EU tatsächlich eine Rolle zustehen könnte. Die nötige Selbstdisziplin, sich auf die eigenen Aufgaben zu beschränken, haben aber weder ECON-Ausschuss noch das EU-Parlament aufbringen können.
Promoting gender equality in mental health and clinical research (A8-0380/2016 - Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea) DE
Schafft den Frauenausschuss ab!Ich habe gegen diesen Entschließungsantrag aus dem Frauenausschuss gestimmt. Er ist ein weiterer Beweis für die dringende Notwendigkeit, den Frauenausschuss endlich abzuschaffen.Diesmal geht es um die Förderung der Gender-Ideologie im öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen unter dem Deckmantel der Behandlung psychischer Störungen. So werden die Mitgliedstaaten und die lokalen Gebietskörperschaften aufgefordert, sicherzustellen, dass ihre Strategien im Bereich der psychischen Gesundheit sich mit den psychischen Herausforderungen befassen, mit denen LGBTI-Personen konfrontiert sein könnten, und im öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen die besonderen Bedürfnisse von lesbischen, bisexuellen, intersexuellen und transsexuellen Personen ganz besonders zu berücksichtigen.Neuerdings verurteilt das EU-Parlament „neue sexistische Stereotypen, die suggerieren, dass die moderne Frau im Studium und im Berufsleben erfolgreich sein muss, ohne dabei die traditionellen Erwartungen als gute Ehe- und Hausfrau, perfekte Mutter und attraktive Frau zu vernachlässigen“. Das EU-Parlament weiß selbst nicht mehr, was es fordern soll. Jahrelang wird mit Millionen Euro an Fördermitteln das Gender Mainstreaming besonders für die Frauenförderung in allen Bereichen eingesetzt. Jetzt ist die „erfolgreiche Frau“ auf einmal ein neuer sexistischer Stereotyp!In dieser Entschließung geht es um nichts anderes als die institutionelle Steuerung von Werten und Normen durch die EU. Das lehne ich ab.
Priorities for the 61th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (A8-0018/2017 - Constance Le Grip, Maria Arena) DE
Ich habe gegen diese Empfehlung gestimmt. Sie ist eine weitere Wunschliste der Gender-Ideologen des EU-Parlaments. Der Schutz des ungeborenen Lebens hat in dieser EU keine Chance. Das EU-Parlament fordert, „den Folgen der „Gag Rule“ entgegenzuwirken und zu diesem Zweck unter Rückgriff auf Fördermittel der EU wie auch der Mitgliedstaaten für Entwicklungshilfe die Finanzierung im Bereich der sexuellen und reproduktiven Gesundheit und der damit verbundenen Rechte (d.h. Abtreibung) wesentlich zu erhöhen und einen internationalen Fonds zur Finanzierung des Zugangs zur Geburtenkontrolle und zu sicheren und legalen Abtreibungsmöglichkeiten einzurichten“. Abtreibung ist jedoch keine EU-Zuständigkeit. Man muss das immer wieder betonen, weil die EU Organisationen unterstützt, die Abtreibung als Mittel der Familienplanung entweder nicht ausschließen oder im Rahmen der Antidiskriminierungspolitik gar fördern. Um die besondere Bedeutung des Schutzes des ungeborenen Lebens noch einmal zu unterstreichen, reichte ich eine Reihe von Änderungsanträgen ein, die von den deutschen EU-Abgeordneten der Altparteien abgelehnt wurden – auch von sogenannten „Lebensrechtlern“, die sonst gerne bei katholischen Würdenträgern als Vorzeige-Parlamentarier herumgereicht werden. Da nützt es auch nichts, bei der Schlussabstimmung gegen die Empfehlungen zu stimmen. Hier gibt es in Zukunft noch Klärungs- und Informationsbedarf, damit Wählerentscheidungen auf der Grundlage der namentlichen Abstimmungen erfolgen können.
EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Agreement: procedures for its application (A8-0361/2016 - Adam Szejnfeld) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über bestimmte Verfahren für die Anwendung des Stabilisierungs- und Assoziierungsabkommens zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft einerseits und dem Kosovo andererseits habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Das Stabilisierungs- und Assoziierungsabkommen zwischen der EU und dem Kosovo ist nach seiner Ratifizierung durch das Europäische Parlament und die Nationalversammlung des Kosovo am 1. April 2016 in Kraft getreten. Der hier abzustimmende Verordnungsvorschlag enthält Bestimmungen für die Umsetzung gewisser Vorschriften des Abkommens und die Verfahren für den Erlass von Durchführungsvorschriften. Es versetzt das Kosovo in die Lage, mehr Nutzen aus dem SAA zu ziehen. Da ich mich gegen jede Erweiterung der EU zu diesem Zeitpunkt ausspreche, habe ich diesem Vorschlag nicht zugestimmt.
Imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by specific Union import rules (A8-0311/2016 - Hannu Takkula) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU) 2015/936 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die gemeinsame Regelung der Einfuhren von Textilwaren aus bestimmten Drittländern, die nicht unter bilaterale Abkommen, Protokolle, andere Vereinbarungen oder eine spezifische Einfuhrregelung der Union fallen, habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Trotz des unscheinbaren Titels verstecken sich in dem abzustimmenden Text außenpolitische Ausführungen zum Verhältnis der EU mit Weißrussland. Ich freue mich sehr über verbesserten Handel mit Weißrussland, ebenso wie über weniger Menschenrechtsverletzungen, die Abschaffung der Todesstrafe und einen menschenrechtlichen Dialog. Ich finde es aber nicht gelungen, wenn die EU ihren Handel mit in anderen Staaten ansässigen Unternehmen davon abhängig macht, wie liberal oder illiberal diese ihre inneren Angelegenheiten organisieren. Denn dann mutiert die Handelspolitik zur Außenpolitik und somit zum Machtinstrument.
Conclusion of the Agreement continuing the International Science and Technology Center (A8-0363/2016 - Elmar Brok) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss des Übereinkommens zur Weiterführung des Internationalen Wissenschafts- und Technologiezentrums habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Es geht um zwei zwischenstaatliche Einrichtungen – das Internationale Wissenschafts- und Technologiezentrum (ISTC) in Astana, Kasachstan, und das Wissenschafts- und Technologiezentrum (STCU) in Kiew, Ukraine –, mit denen Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekte mit Wissenschaftlern und Ingenieuren gefördert werden, die Kenntnisse im Bereich der Güter und Technologien mit doppeltem Verwendungszweck besitzen und in der Vergangenheit vornehmlich in den Programmen für Massenvernichtungswaffen der früheren UdSSR tätig waren. Die EU will diese Förderprogramme weiter aufrecht erhalten, obwohl die Zusammenarbeit mit der Russischen Föderation nunmehr eingestellt wurde. Der Bericht behauptet, es entstünden zahlreiche Vorteile dieses Kooperationsprojekts für die Vertragsländer und es werde ein Beitrag zur Sicherheit weltweit und in Europa geleistet. Ich halte das Gegenteil für richtig.
Appointments to committees DE
Zur Billigung der Benennung von Ausschussmitgliedern ist anzumerken, dass die Ausschüsse die Mehrheitsverhältnisse des Plenums nicht so gut widerspiegeln, wie es möglich wäre. Exemplarisch sei der Ausschuss für Wirtschaft und Währung genannt, in dem meine Fraktion rechnerisch vier statt zwei Sitze haben sollte, während die Sozialisten über 18 statt 16 Sitze verfügen. In anderen Ausschüssen dürfte es ähnlich aussehen. Schon mit geringen Anpassungen wäre es möglich, durch eine bessere Abbildung der parlamentarischen Mehrheitsverhältnisse in den Ausschüssen die Plenararbeit zu vereinfachen. Denn dann würden Ausschussberichte, die vom Plenum nicht akzeptiert werden, vermieden. Man fragt sich, welche versteckte Agenda hinter einer solchen Verteilung steht.
Objection to a delegated act: Identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies (B8-0001/2017) DE
Bei der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments über einen Einwand gegen die Delegierte Verordnung der Kommission zur Änderung der Delegierten Verordnung (EU) 2016/1675 der Kommission zur Ergänzung der Richtlinie (EU) 2015/849 durch Ermittlung von strategische Mängel aufweisenden Drittländern mit hohem Risiko habe ich mich enthalten. Mit oder ohne Einwand wird ein neuer Rechtsakt vorgelegt, der über eine Angelegenheit entscheidet, in der die EU keine Kompetenzen haben sollte.
Logistics in the EU and multimodal transport in the new TEN-T corridors (A8-0384/2016 - Inés Ayala Sender) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu der Logistik in der EU und dem multimodalen Verkehr in den neuen TEN-V-Korridoren habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Ein Bericht über eine zukunftsweisende EU-Logistikpolitik trägt schon im Namen eindeutige Hinweise hinsichtlich einer Kompetenzüberschreitung der EU. Bisher war mir sogar unbekannt, dass es Logistikpolitik gibt. Es freut mich nicht zu erfahren, dass die EU dafür zuständig sein soll. Der Bericht bedauert, dass die Mitgliedstaaten die nationalen Infrastrukturpläne allzu häufig ohne Bezug zu den Planzielen der EU festlegen. Das Gegenteil ist richtig: So sinnvoll scheinen die EU-Planziele nicht zu sein, wenn sich kein Mitgliedstaat darum kümmern mag.
A European Pillar of Social Rights (A8-0391/2016 - Maria João Rodrigues) DE
Die Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zu einer europäischen Säule sozialer Rechte habe ich abgelehnt. Sozialstaatliche Maßnahmen sind Sache der Mitgliedstaaten. Sie müssen es sein, wenn die EU ihre Vielfalt und den daraus geborenen Systemwettbewerb der Nationalstaaten bewahren will. Der Bericht und die überwältigende Zustimmung im Plenum zeigen, dass die Wichtigkeit von nationaler Subsidiarität für den europäischen Erfolg bedauerlicherweise von rund zwei Dritteln der Mitglieder nicht erkannt wird. Stattdessen votieren diese Kollegen für den Nukleus einer europaweiten Transferunion.
Tackling the challenges of the EU Customs Code (UCC) implementation (B8-0024/2017) DE
Der Entschließung des EU-Parlaments zur Bewältigung der Herausforderungen in Verbindung mit der Umsetzung des Zollkodex der Union (UZK) habe ich nicht zugestimmt. Nach dem Bericht sei die Zollunion ein Eckpfeiler der Europäischen Union als einer der größten Handelsblöcke der Welt und trage entscheidend zum ordnungsgemäßen Funktionieren des Binnenmarkts bei. Die EU soll kein Handelsblock sein. Der Aufbau von Handelsblöcken ist überholtes Denken des Kalten Krieges, das leider eine Renaissance erlebt. Der Binnenmarkt sollte auf gegenseitiger Anerkennung beruhen statt auf Zollunion und Regulierungsvereinheitlichung.
Major interpellations (4)
Abolishing UNRWA PDF (188 KB) DOC (17 KB)
EU Army PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
2017 Observance of the International Day of the Family: promoting the role of parents in safeguarding good-quality education for their children PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Cooperation between human traffickers and NGOs engaged in search and rescue in the Mediterranean PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Written questions (106)
Spain: threat to arrest 712 democratically elected Catalan mayors PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey - Muslims: Selected Findings PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Greece migrant arrivals PDF (102 KB) DOC (20 KB)
Increase in migrant arrivals in Spain PDF (102 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Use of ERDF funding: breach of the rules governing EU aid in connection with the reallocation of responsibility for the L 2146 regional thoroughfare in Gotha PDF (106 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Use of ERDF funding: breach of the terms of the authorisation granted to build the first section of the EU-funded Gotha southern ring road PDF (7 KB) DOC (17 KB)
EU Peace Project (2) PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
70 Years of lasting peace PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
VP/HR - Kamal Foroughi PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
EU Election Observation Missions PDF (4 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Smuggling and SAR operations in harmony PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Smuggling and SAR operations in harmony PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Smuggling and SAR operations in harmony PDF (102 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Smuggling and SAR operations in harmony PDF (101 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Evolution of smugglers' tactics on the Central Mediterranean Route PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Evolution of smugglers' tactics on the Central Mediterranean Route PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
NGOs and collusion with smugglers PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
NGOs and collusion with smugglers PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
The President of the Eurogroup's accountability to the Plenary of the European Parliament PDF (100 KB) DOC (15 KB)
EU funding of pro-EU protest movements PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Revenue from privatisation in Greece PDF (100 KB) DOC (15 KB)
ECB and the legality of purchasing bonds PDF (102 KB) DOC (17 KB)
The EU peace project PDF (103 KB) DOC (17 KB)
EU budget and Turkey PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
ECB Target2 system's compliance with Union law PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Raccoons and the invasive species list PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
NGOs and collusion with smugglers PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Operation Sophia PDF (105 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Member States' EU budget contributions PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
TTIP 3 PDF (99 KB) DOC (16 KB)
TTIP 2 PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
TTIP 1 PDF (97 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Mutual recognition in the single market after the Cassis de Dijon ruling PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
CETA PDF (100 KB) DOC (15 KB)
CETA PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
CETA PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Retaliatory action regarding Commission ruling on state aid and Apple PDF (100 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Operation Sophia PDF (99 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Visa liberalisation for Georgia: a green light for organised crime PDF (103 KB) DOC (15 KB)
The Union's resettlement programme PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Turkey now allows child sex - possible implications for relations with Ankara PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Surrogacy PDF (100 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Istanbul Convention: conflict with Article 4(2) of Treaty on European Union PDF (99 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Istanbul Convention: promoting non-stereotyped gender roles at all levels of education PDF (99 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Istanbul Convention: problem with definitions PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Istanbul Convention: lack of democratic legitimacy for EU accession PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
European deposit insurance scheme (2015/0270(COD)) PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Unfair economic burden imposed by EDIS PDF (103 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Association agreements PDF (4 KB) DOC (15 KB)
European Deposit Insurance Scheme PDF (100 KB) DOC (15 KB)
List of actions by the Commission to advance LGBTI equality - foreign affairs PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
'Gender identity' in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights PDF (101 KB) DOC (16 KB)
List of actions by the Commission to advance LGBTI equality - national competencies PDF (105 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Amendment to Directive 91/477/EEC: financial impact and compensation PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
VP/HR - Failure to respect freedom of religion in Turkey: Erdogan's expropriation of an Orthodox monastery PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
EU budget allocation for, and Commission staff assigned to, gender mainstreaming PDF (5 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Weapons used in the Paris attacks PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Dead refugees in the Mediterranean - political chess against the Left PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Customs rules for video cameras PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
European deposit insurance scheme PDF (4 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Media freedom in Europe PDF (154 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Firearms Directive: compensation for destroyed firearms and toys (DG HOME) PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Revision of the Firearms Directive: misuse of category B firearms PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Revision of the Firearms Directive: lack of consultation and impact assessment (DG GROW) PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Firearms Directive: lack of transparency regarding DG Home's Firearms Expert Group PDF (100 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Revision of the Firearms Directive: deactivated firearms since 1993 (DG GROW) PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Code of conduct - pro-'same-sex marriage' statements by Commissioners PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Tightening-up of weapons law PDF (99 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Commission's conduct with regard to providing information, in relation to the independence of the ECB PDF (103 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Role of the EFSM and ESM in financing the aid package for Greece PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Temporary use of empty EP buildings in Strasbourg for the emergency reception of refugees PDF (100 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Danish opt-out and Europol PDF (98 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Dublin/infringement proceedings PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Youth unemployment in the EU PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Greece and VAT PDF (4 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Italy and primary balance PDF (98 KB) DOC (23 KB)
The EFSM and Greece PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Staffing of the Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO) PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Creation of a segregated account for Greece PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Ukrainian default and macrofinancial assistance payments PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Tax reforms in the Member States PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Equal treatment of investors by the ECB PDF (100 KB) DOC (23 KB)
ECB and Greece PDF (4 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Statistics on the housing situation of disabled persons PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Regulation of government bonds and impact on financial stability PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Taxation of borrowed capital and implications for financial stability PDF (4 KB) DOC (23 KB)
TTIP/ISDS and EU law PDF (98 KB) DOC (23 KB)
EU Youth Guarantee PDF (4 KB) DOC (22 KB)
Free trade agreements and their continued validity in the event of an exit from the EU PDF (4 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Creation of a segregated account for Greece PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Real exchange rates in the EU PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Shadowboxing against the gender pay gap PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
'EllaOne' medicine PDF (194 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Parliament's withholding of approval for the Commission Work Programme PDF (99 KB) DOC (23 KB)
EFSI risk exposure PDF (101 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Reciprocal undertaking to provide information PDF (102 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Result of consultation on ISDS under TTIP PDF (99 KB) DOC (23 KB)
ESA: Recognition of prostitution for value added in national accounts PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
ESA: Recognition of family work for value added in the national accounts PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Legal basis for events hosted by the Council Presidency PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Change in the legal basis of the Anti-Discrimination Directive PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Rights of the child - lifting the prohibition on incest in Germany PDF (98 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Sanctions law PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Budgetary discharge of the Council by the Parliament PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Gender ideology: activities of the Italian Presidency of the Council PDF (102 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Action in response to Resolution 2013/2183(INI) P7_TA(2014)0062 PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (1301)
Amendment 19 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the growth rates of the EU's and the euro area's economies have for years been too low and politicians are not sufficiently ambitious to help boost them by means of reforms;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the euro area and EU28 unemployment rates were 9.3 % and 7.8 % respectively in April 2017, their lowest rates since March 2009 and December 2008; whereas unemployment rates have for years been well wide of the target of full employment; whereas significant differences in unemployment rates remain across the EU ranging between 3.2 % and 23.2 %;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s excessively low productivity and global competitiveness calls for structural reforms, continued fiscal efforts and investment in Member States as well as massive deregulation, a reduction of bureaucracy and a return to the subsidiarity principle on the part of the EU in order to bring about sustained growth and employment and achieve upward convergence with other global economies and within the EU;
Amendment 67 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the good performance of the European economy, supported by moderate GDP growth and decreasing, yet still high, unemployment rates; notes that the modest recovery remains fragile and that the development of GDP per capita is close to stagnation; finds that the gap between the per capita GDP of the EU and of emerging countries has narrowed dramatically; notes that this is not only because of favourable economic conditions in emerging countries but also as a result of unfavourable conditions in the EU;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that Europe harbours untapped economic potential as growth and employment are advancing unevenly; underlines that this is the result of the heterogeneous performance of the Member States’ economies; emphasises that the implementation of structural reforms in the Member States could facilitate at least1 % 1% higher growth; is very disappointed that many Member States are putting structural reform on the back burner; is concerned at the role of the Commission, which, by centralising more and more sectors of the economy, is making it impossible to have stimulating regulatory competition and thus cementing the position of many Member States at the head of the field;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that a greater degree of upward convergence would be needed to sustain the economic recovery in the EU and the euro area in the longer term; is concerned that the desire for upward convergence by means of structural reform is not shared by all;
Amendment 104 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that for this to materialise the structural conditions for growth need to be improved; takes the view that the potential growth of all Member States should increase in the long term to at least3 3%; for this to happen, establishing clear benchmarks on how to improve the potential growth of Member States could provide the necessary guidance for policy actions; points out that such a regular benchmarking exercise would have to take due account of individual structural strengths and weaknesses of Member States; stresses the role of competition for growth, the creative potential for disruption of which is being suppressed in the EU rather than liberated;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the uneven growth and employment situation in the euro area requires better coordination of structural reforms, in particular through improved implementation of the country-specific recommendations (CSR)means that more structural reforms are needed, for which the country-specific recommendations could provide a preliminary reference point in resolving the more glaring inadequacies; underlines the Commission's lack of ambition to set out an efficient, ordoliberal framework for a thriving economy, particularly because of its long- standing dislike of regulatory competition and its preference for planning;
Amendment 154 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that doubtful claims, particularly in the banking sector, remain one of the most pressing problems;stresses the need finally to create the political will to disclose and set down these requirements according the principles of balance sheet reality and transparency;points out that large-scale bank insolvency is unavoidable if the foundations for future growth are to be laid;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Is disappointed that, after many years of work, Italy's bail-in rules are not being applied;reminds the Commission that it is the Guardian of the Treaties and that it is not doing justice to this distinguished task;stresses that the aim of the new rules on resolution was to break the vicious circle between states and banks and that this work was abruptly ruined by Italy's and the Commission's assumption of bank debts;considers that as a result the markets will put Italy's capital market access to the test sooner or later, as happened in 2012;regrets the fact that this will put the euro and, as a result, the savings of European savers at risk;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that ultimately, consumers benefit from lower corporate tax;stresses that unrestricted tax competition is the only way to keep taxes low;in this context, considers the efforts to harmonise corporate tax rates and bases in the EU to be damaging;
Amendment 212 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Points out in this context that a tax wedge as well as taxes themselves have a negative impact on competitiveness;finds that charges borne by employees and employers place work as a production factor at a disadvantage and make the automatisation of jobs more attractive;is concerned that this will worsen disruption at the lower end of the pay scale;
Amendment 238 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that investment stems from private capital accumulated as savings and cannot be replaced by the Central Bank or other vehicles of centralised planning;
Amendment 252 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a timely agreement in the ongoing negotiations on the revised European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) could help to improve the effectiveness of this instrument and to address shortcomings experienced in its implementation so farthe European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) must be abolished;
Amendment 261 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Points out that the interest rate is effectively the market price and that the manipulations of the ECB undermine its effectiveness as a pointer, thereby making investment decision-making extremely difficult;is concerned at disruption in the production structure caused by the sustained low-interest-rate policy;is convinced that many EFSI investments and investments in sectors affected by the low-interest-rate policy will soon prove unsustainable;
Amendment 278 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that prudent fiscal policies play a fundamental role for the stability of the euro area and the Union as a whole; underlines that strong coordination of fiscal policies and compliance with the Union rules in this area are a legal requirement and key to the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU);
Amendment 283 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Considers that the fiscal policy rules in the euro area have lost all credibility;expects the rules currently in force to be broken as much as all those which preceded them;is disillusioned at the majority support, in spite of this history of rule-breaking, for a fiscal regime for the euro area which will institutionalise rule-breaking rather than prevent it;recommends that investors position themselves accordingly and continue to expect the rules to be broken;
Amendment 294 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that deficits in the euro area are projected to decline; is concerned, however, that this process is slowing down and agrees that government debt remains too high in somall the Member States; is concerned at the high implicit debt burden arising, for example, from commitments to provide cover for social security systems;
Amendment 312 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Does not expect the European Central Bank to change its policy in the future; rather, anticipates that it will continue to pursue fiscal policy in the guise of monetary policy;does not assume that it will raise interest rates in the euro area, although all indicators suggest that they should be higher;takes the view that this is because the ECB does not pursue a monetary policy for the euro area as a whole but protects the interests of certain euro area members;reminds the politicians that they paved the way for this breach of the mandate by dismissing the idea of structural reform and not demanding such reform now;
Amendment 318 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that, given the fiscal stances at national and euro-area level must balance the long-term, the sustainability of public finances in full compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact with short-term macroeconomic stabilisationmust be central; points out that the tools of short-term macroeconomic stabilisation have consistently proved unhelpful, inter alia because corrective measures have never been applied in times of surplus;
Amendment 333 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points outRegretsthat the current aggregate fiscal stance for the euro is broadly neutral and presents an appropriate balance of debt sustainability requirements with support for investmentinstead of generating budgetary surpluses;
Amendment 384 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Is convinced that these macroeconomic imbalances are the price to be paid for the euro and must be accepted as such, as they take the place of the traditional aligning of exchange rates in a fixed rate regime such as the euro, thereby indicating where national economies are particularly uncompetitive;stresses in this context that all euro area countries have had ample time since 2012 to make the crucial adjustments;
Amendment 401 #
2017/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers it crucial for the euro area to be equipped with a mechanism for dealing with sovereign default;stresses that the euro area needs an exclusion mechanism and a withdrawal mechanism;notes that the stability of a currency does not mean its political imposition in a particular geographical area but the long-term conservation of its purchasing power;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgeQuestions the EIB’s contribution to restoring investment activity in the EU after the economic and financial crises; stresses that the EIB’s activities during the current period of recovery and credit availability must be carefully directed towards products and projects, thereby ensuring additionality;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to minimise the risk of crowding out the private sector by focusing on long-term financing otherwise unavailable to EIB clients on the markets, or by greater risk-taking, namely by supporting the financing of projects that would not get financed otherwise, therefore proposes to drastically reduce the EIB's activities;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 44 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EIB can play a positive role in reducing the negative public investment gap, but that it's activities should not come into conflict with fiscal rules, as fiscal stability is a key precondition for stable and sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the high degree of urgency of clarifying the impact of Brexit on the EIB in order for the bank to continue to be able to perform its role; suggests that Brexit provides an opportunity to reduce the EIB's capital and activities;
Amendment 63 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to monitor carefully the cost and efficiency associated with the high number of financially small mandates given to the EIB; takes the view that the administrative cost associated with such a number of mandates can undermine the EIB’s price competitiveness and thus render itrender the EIB even less effective in performing its role;
Amendment 69 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for the EIB to prioritise external operations so that its activities especially focus on areas of high importance for the EU; highlights the great potential for EIB operations to improve the economic situation in Ukraine, which is facing great economic stress and instability due to the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, with the direct and indirect participation of Russian military and security serviclimit itself to internal operations of high importance for the Member States;
Amendment 75 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that under the new Resilience Initiative the EIB will increase lending by EUR 6 billion to catalyse up to EUR 15 billion in additional investment for the Western Balkan and southern Mediterranean regions over the next four and a half years in addition to the EUR 7.5 billion lending already envisaged in the two regions;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes a wide variety of experithe ineffectivences with EFSI projects; calls for the exchange of best practices between the EIB and the Member States in order to increase the effectiveness of the Juncker plans of the Juncker plan; demands an end of the EFSI;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that if they are to contribute to the economic development of the EU, risk transfer-based instruments cannot be risk frt is economically impossible for any asset to be risk free; is concerned that these risks are not fully accounted for on the asset side of the EIB's balance sheet; stresses that the EIB and its shareholders must be fully aware of this.
Amendment 47 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2016 IOCTA reveals that cybercrime is increasing in intensity, complexity and magnitude, that reported cybercrime may have exceedsed traditional crime in some EU countries, that it extends to other areas of crime, such as human trafficking, that there has been a growing misuse of encryption and anonymisation tools and that ransomware attacks outnumber traditional malware threats such as Trojans;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores that cyber-attacks against businesses often remain undetected or unreported; believes that the obligation to disclose security breaches introduced by the GDPR will help to address this problem;
Amendment 171 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 221 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that the best protection against all forms of cyber threats is for private citizens, companies, organisations and governments to regularly update and properly implement appropriate cybersecurity measures; notes that this approach, as opposed to government intrusions e.g backdoors, mass data collection, hacking, protects rather than violates our rights and freedoms;
Amendment 249 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 261 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 306 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that a considerable number of cybercrimes remain unpunished; emphasises the need to allow lawfulat lawful hacking can allow law enforcement to access to relevant information, even if it has been encrypted, if such acce for reasons of security and justice without compelling a company to ass ist imperative fn compromising or rweasons of security and justicekening its own product;
Amendment 333 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 344 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 350 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 361 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 371 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 373 #
Amendment 375 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 382 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 387 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 391 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 400 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Highlights the importance of close cooperation by the Member States with third countries in the global fight against cybercrime, including through the exchange of best practices, joint investigations, capacity-building, and mutual legal assistance;
Amendment 407 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 418 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Takes note of the fact that theIs concerned with the exceedingly highest number of law enforcement requests is sent toby the United States and Canada; is concerned that the voluntary disclosure rate of big US service providers in response to requests from European criminal justice authorities falls short of 60 %for access to data held by European companies; Notes that this data often includes personally identifiable information;
Amendment 421 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 429 #
2017/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 9 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU market in retail financial services remains underdeveloped and highly fragmented; whereas efficient action is therefore needed to facilitate innovation beneficial to end users, while unlocking the full potential of the single market;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission Action Plan on consumer financial services as a means of addressing some of the challenges raised by Parliament in its report on the Green Paper on retail financial services,; with the aim of striving towards a genuine technology-enabled single market for retail financial servicelcomes that the Commission is only addressing some of the issues, while protecting consumers, lowering prices and fighting against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidancech the Parliament has raised;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Warns that harmonisation to facilitate a single retail financial market is the wrong approach as it hinders the creation of a common market marked by pervasive competition, especially regulatory competition;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. BWelievcomes that the Commission should play a more proactive role in using the capital markets union, while closely involving Parliament as part of the implementation of the Paris agreement to support the growing sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) market by promoting sustainable investments; urges, the Commission, furthermore, to promoteis neither promoting environmental, social and governance (ESG) ‘rating services’ andnor a consistent framework for the green bonds market, building on the relevant Commission study and the work of the G20 study group on green finance;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers a high level of consumer protection and transparencympetition key to the development of a single market in retail financial services; believes the enforcement of EU and national financial consumer legislation needs to be strengthened across all Member States;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 98 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expects private actors to create competitive online portals for comparing goods, services, and prices in European retail financial markets;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to amend the Mortgage Credit Directive and the Consumer Credit Directive to introduce compulsory, harmonised,design template cross-border creditworthiness assessment standards and principles to better mitigate the risk of increasing over- indebtedness when facilitating pan- European online credit;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Draft Budget 2018 (DB 2018); regretwelcomes the reduction in both commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA) in Heading III compared to 2017; welcomeregrets the top-up of Heading III by an additional EUR 817.1 million above its ceiling using the flexibility instrument;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. BWelieves thatcomes the large budget reduction (49,7 % in PA) for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) undermines the importance and urgency of the AMIF policy objectives; challenges the Commission’s assertions in DB 2018 that justify its proposed reduction in AMIF funding; stresses that security for those who seek protection in the Union should not be adversely affected by budgetary cut; stresses that security for those who seek protection should be solely handled by the Member States;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes the significant budget reduction for the Internal Security Fund (ISF) (35,6 % in PA); stresses that in light of the continued security threat in the Union, ISF funding should be sufficient to aid Member States in dealing with threats to internal security; highlights the need to sufficiently fund efforts to improve information sharing and to fight cybercrime on a bilateral basis;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. NoteRegrets the proposed increases in the DB 2018 for expenditure and establishment plans for all agencies in the area of Justice and Home Affairs classified as holding “new tasks”; regretnotes however that the increases proposed are lower than those requested by most agencies; stresses the importance of staff increases for eu-LISA and Europol; welcomeregrets the budget increase for the European Data Protection Supervisor in view of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation1 . _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ( General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 2 #
2017/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, however, maturity extensions shift issuer risk to the investors only in cases where the issuer has the right to extend maturities (and not only the "Sachwalter") and where the maturity extension is not bound by any legal requirements, whereas preferential regulatory treatment should only be granted to assets which are particularly safe;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point e
Paragraph 4 – point e
e) Overcollateralisation (OC) is applied to the cover pool. By an extent to be determined in national law, the value of all cover pool assets must always be greater than the net present value of outstanding payment obligations. The value of cover pool assets is at all times to be determined onby the basis of market prices when market prices are available and on the basis of face values adjusted for market conditions if no market prices are availablelaws applicable in national jurisdictions re the question of market prices or the use of mortgage lending values in combination with low LTMLV-limits;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) The maximum LTV parameters for mortgages are set by European law in such a way that they do not surpass the LTV ratios currently fixed in Article 129 CRR, but are subject to regular review and adjustment in line with independent assessments (stress tests) of pricing conditionmarket prices which might prevail in the relevant real estate markets under stress;
Amendment 116 #
2017/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomeSupports improvements in CB rating methodologies and the expansion of the rating markets for CBs, but warns not to add more complexity and unnecessary bureaucratic burden to well-functioning CB markets;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the development of EBA recommendations for market standards and guidelines on best practices; encourageappreciates that the third step is voluntary convergence along these linesly;
Amendment 9 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that a French privacy advocacy group, La Quadrature du Net, has challenged the Adequacy Decision in a legal action to the CJEU claiming that the U.S. Ombudsman redress mechanism is not sufficiently independent and effective and therefore the Adequacy Decision must be annulled;
Amendment 12 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges that there is a pending proceeding in the Irish High Court initiated by the Irish Data Protection Authority challenging the Adequacy Decision relating to the Standard Contractual Clauses (another mechanism to transfer personal data out of the EU) which may subsequently be referred to the CJEU;
Amendment 14 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) brought an action against the Commissions Adequacy Decision to the CJEU in which DRI claims that the Adequacy Decision of the European Commission regarding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is null and void as it does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to the level of data protection established by European data protection law;
Amendment 17 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to halt implementation of the decision in light of these several challenges and the seriousness of the allegations contained therein;
Amendment 19 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that by failing to fully transpose the rights contained in Directive 95/46 (specifically at Article 14 and 15), the implementing decision, on its face, fails to adequately ensure that the European Union citizens’ rights under EU law are fully provided for where their data is transferred to the United States of America;
Amendment 24 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that insofar as the implementing decision allows, or in the alternative fails and has failed to safeguard against indiscriminate access to electronic communications by foreign law enforcement authorities, and fails to provide an adequate remedy to EU citizens whose personal data is thus accessed, it denies the individual the right to an Effective Remedy and the right to Good Administration, contrary to the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the General Principles of EU Law;
Amendment 29 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the contested decision is incompatible with Articles 7 and 8 and Article 52(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 33 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that, as regards national security and surveillance, notwithstanding the clarifications brought by the Director of National Intelligence Office in the letters attached to the Privacy Shield framework, “bulk surveillance”, despite the different terminology used by the U.S. authorities, remains possiblenot only possible but likely, given U.S. intelligence services blatant disregard for privacy of not only foreign citizens but its own as revealed by the whistleblower, Edward Snowden;
Amendment 37 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that by failing to fully transpose the provisions contained in Directive 95/46 (specifically Article 28(3)), the implementing decision, on its face, fails to adequately ensure that the European Union citizens’ rights under EU law are fully provided for where their data is transferred to the United States of America;
Amendment 44 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that the provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 constitute legislation permitting public authorities to have secret access on a generalised basis to the content of electronic communications and consequently are not concordant with Article 47 of the Charter Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 49 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 (‘FISA Amendments Act of 2008’) constitute legislation permitting pubic authorities to have access on a generalised basis to the content of electronic communications and consequently are not concordant with Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 50 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that the ‘privacy principles’ and/or the official (US) ‘representations and commitments’ contained in Annexes I, III to VII of the contested decision do not constitute ‘international commitments’ within the meaning of Article 25(6) of Directive 95/46;
Amendment 52 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recalls that the implementing decision is not in accordance with Article 25(6) of Directive 95/46, read in the light of Articles 7, 8 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 57 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to repeal the implementing decision declaring the adequacy of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and to refrain from adopting similar decisions;
Amendment 62 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for each Member State that desires a data sharing agreement system to negotiate and create its own data protection systems in accordance with their respective national requirements, democratic principles and laws;
Amendment 66 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Invites civil society within Member States to launch a European Citizens Initiative in accordance with Article 24(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in the spirit of direct democracy, to raise awareness and create a dialogue with the peoples of the EU Member States on Privacy Shield so that any such agreement complies with the concerns raised by the peoples of the Member States;
Amendment 69 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recalls its follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens, paragraph 1a, and again urge Member States to drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status as whistleblower and international human rights defender;
Amendment 70 #
2016/3018(RSP)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Acknowledges the Snowden revelations, without which the Safe Harbour agreement would likely stand and therefore violate the rights of the peoples of the EU’s Member States without their knowledge or consent
Amendment 24 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the growth potential of the EU and the euro area is estimated by the Commission and the European Central Bank to be around 1 % per annum;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas some Member States still carry a very high, and most a too high, sovereign debt;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU’s insufficient level of global competitiveness and productivity calls for structural reforms in the Member States in order to bring aboutcreate the conditions for sustained growth;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with the Commission that access to finance is crucial for businesses to grow; considers that what is primarily lacking is a regulatory framework favourable to equity capital;
Amendment 178 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the financial system and its institutions are crucial for investment and growth in the European economy; stresses that the current financial system is characterised by increased safety and stability, but is far from stable;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that a step-by-step completion of the Banking Union shall aim at increasing resilience in the banking sector and contributing to financial stability; stresses that the European deposit insurance scheme should not facilitate any concealed or open transfers between states;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that reliable investment requires a regulatory environment that allows for a return on investment; considers that predictable rules, a level playing field and reduced compliance costs are crucial factors for attracting investment; draws attention to the advantages for the whole of Europe which can be more satisfactorily generated by competition between legal orders than by harmonisation of rules;
Amendment 281 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that well-functioning, flexible labour markets have proven to be quicker to recover from the economic downturn; stresses that no EU Member State permits a genuinely flexible labour market, and that there is much room for improvements everywhere;
Amendment 298 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned about the effects of demographic developments on public finances, conditioned by, inter alia, low birth rates, ageing societies and the influx of refugees; points in particular to the impact of ageing populations on pension and healthcare systems in the EU; notes that, owing to different demographic structures, the effects of these developments will vary across Member States, but warns that the already foreseeable funding costs will have a significant impact on public deficits; highlights the fact that current consolidation paths will not be sufficient to ensure compliance with EU fiscal rules if pension systems are not reformed or current reforms are reversed or not implemented; is concerned that the demographic situation threatens the survival of pay-as-you-go schemes, while the persistent low-interest environment endangers capital-funded old age pension schemes, which could have a disastrous impact in future;
Amendment 317 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the fact that, on average, youth unemployment is declining; notes, however, that there remain stark differences across the Member States that call for continued reforms to facilitate the entry of young people into the labour market; is concerned about the connection between unemployment and university education in disciplines which are irrelevant to the labour market;
Amendment 348 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Agrees that high taxation is a hindrance to investments and jobs; calls for reforms in taxation with a view to tackling the high tax burden on labour in Europe and calls for tax revenue to be reduced in general;
Amendment 353 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of tax competition within Europe, and welcomes the steps taken by some Member States to reduce corporation tax rates;
Amendment 357 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Considers that, in some Member States, non-tax levies are also too high and need to be reduced;
Amendment 383 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the Commission’s role as guardian of the treaties; warns that a politicised Commission cannot perform this role objectively;
Amendment 395 #
2016/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is concerned about the hesitancy in using the instruments available under the Excessive Deficit Procedure, which is due to political grounds; is concerned that the procedure is no less politicised than before its reform; calls therefore for a European State insolvency law to be instituted, particularly for the euro zone, which can prevent excessive deficits and state indebtedness significantly better by means of market incentives;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 13 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a number of Member States have been coerced into reducingreduced budget deficits and cutting their social spending, which has undermined public health, education, social security and housing systemsbut not nearly sufficiently;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 36 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 49 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas monetary inflation increases inequality drastically;
Amendment 65 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that urgent practical steps need to be taken to eradicate poverty and social exclusion and promote the fair distribution of income and wealthby defining poverty in absolute terms instead of defining it as a household income below 60 percent of median income;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 94 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Respects the sovereign right of any Member State to democratically choose their own economic policy;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 111 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 133 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 147 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to respect the Member States' different approaches to social policy; insists that a Europe united in diversity ceases to exist when social policy is harmonised;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2270(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Warns that any transfers between Member States brought about by harmonising social policy will inevitably lead to even stronger rejection of the European Union and possibly to more Member States leaving it.
Amendment 2 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 12 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas economic inequality cannot be regulated away and has to be accepted by any economic policy as a fact;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas any policy aiming at complete economic equality will fail;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that private investment creates jobs and that unemployment is obviously one of the main causes of inequality both between the employed and unemployed, but also among workers themselves; notes that it is well known that high levels of unemployment exert downward pressure on wages and working conditions;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. stresses that unemployment needs to be tackled by reforming the labour market;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. acknowledges that inadequate welfare policies can contribute to unemployment;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2269(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 3 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
Amendment 8 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 10 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 24 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
Citation 26
Amendment 40 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the establishment of the Banking Union has been a fundamental step taken towards the completion of a genuine Economic and Monetary Unionsignifies a surrendering of sovereignty not covered by the European treaties;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the establishment of the SSM within the ECB creates a conflict of interest between the pursuit of an independent monetary policy and prudential supervision;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, under Article 127(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, special tasks should only be conferred upon the Europe Central Bank concerning the supervision of credit institutions;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the capital and liquidity ratios of EU banks have steadily improvedimproved only slowly and to a very limited extent over the last years; whereas risks to financial stability nevertheless remain; whereas the current situation calls for caution when introducing regulatory changes;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the new resolution regime that entered into force in January 2016 represented a partial change of paradigm; whereas market participants need to fully understand and adapt to the new system; whereas, by virtue of their size, institutions are still able to circumvent the rules governing resolution;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a common DGS or EDIS is inadequate as long as risks differ greatly from one national banking system to another;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas no non-euro area country has yet expressed a willingness to join the Banking Union; having regard to the outcome of the referendum in which the British people clearly voted in favour of Brexit; whereas growing criticism of the EU cannot be ignored;
Amendment 104 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the high level of non- performing loans (NPLs) in some jurisdictions; considers that this issue is crucial and has yet to be solved; welcom in a market-oriented manner; acknowledges the work of the SSM and its draft guidance on this issue; looks forward tois sceptical about the results of the work on a minimum EU insolvency framework; calls on Member States to improve their insolvency legislation and to stimulate growth in order to tackle NPLs;
Amendment 105 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists on the full organisational separation of all staff providing services needed to enable the ECB to conduct an independent monetary policy; calls on the ECB to have an annual audit carried out by external experts to verify that it is meeting the legal requirement concerning the organisational separation of supervisory and monetary policy functions and to publish the relevant reports immediately;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the SSM to regularly update the European Parliament about the information exchange which takes place between staff carrying out monetary policy and supervisory functions in accordance with the European Central Bank decision of 17 September 2014 (ECB/2014/39);
Amendment 117 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that the establishment – under Article 127(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – of the SSM is giving rise to legal uncertainty as the unsustainable legal basis of SSM measures makes them vulnerable to legal challenges and the financial institutions which are being supervised are themselves aware of this;
Amendment 124 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that there are risks associated with sovereign debt; notes, however, that modifyingtherefore, that its prudential treatment could have a significant effect on the financial sector, which calls for caution in reform effortsmust urgently be modified by abolishing zero weighting and introducing a cap; awaits with interest the results of the international work on this issue; considers that, in the end, a better regulatory framework, be it European or international, will be needed urgently and quickly;
Amendment 207 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the ‘too-big-to-fail’ issue still needs to be addressed; notes, self- critically, that its own efforts in recent years have been fruitless and that time has been wasted; considers that market- oriented activity is inconceivable if market actors cannot fail; urges, therefore, that the banking system must finally be organised in a market-oriented manner;
Amendment 211 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the remarks by the Chair of the SSM's Supervisory Board calling for more prudent treatment of sovereign bonds with regard to capital requirements and the introduction of limits for large exposures;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 223 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 279 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the need to adhere to State aid rules in the context of bank resolution; takes the view that enougtoo much flexibility is embedded within the current framework to address specific situations and might be better exploited, in particular in the case of preventive measures involving the use of DGS fundsthat this flexibility is exploited to an excessive degree;
Amendment 290 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Rejects any arrangement involving a taxpayer-funded backstop;
Amendment 321 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Warns that the numerous exceptions to the bail-in under Article 44 BRRD confer special status on the liabilities listed therein, to the detriment of all other creditors;
Amendment 323 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses that market-oriented bank resolution does not recognise claims which have special status by virtue of being excluded under the law from the scope of insolvency proceedings;
Amendment 324 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 332 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 339 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that swift and effective exchange of information between supervision and resolution authorities is paramount in order to ensure smooth crisis management; welcomes the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding between the ECB and the SRM in respect of cooperation and information exchange; warns of the consequences of this information exchange, which serves to circumvent the separation of monetary policy and supervisory functions;
Amendment 348 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets that the Commission did not allow for more time to assess the implementation of the DGSD before proposing the EDIS and did not conduct a proper impact assessment of the proposal; stands ready, however, to seize the opportunity generated by the proposal to discuss the DGSD and address some of the options and discretions it includesregards the impact assessment made available as inadequate;
Amendment 360 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 381 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 391 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 402 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights thatConsiders it an erroneous interpretation of the law to view Article 114 aseems to be an appropriate legal basis for the establishment of bothe EDIS or the EDISF, and the DIFakes the view that Article 115 applies;
Amendment 411 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 424 #
2016/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomDeplores the establishment of loan facility agreements between the SRF and the Banking Union Member States; is of the opinion, nevertheless, that this solution is not sufficient to do away with the bank- sovereign vicious circle cand that the work on a common fiscal backstop for the SRF, which should be fiscally neutral only be broken if the misconception that government bonds are risk free is done away with; rejects categorically, therefore, any mover the medium term, should continue o develop a common fiscal backsteop by stepfor the SRF;
Amendment 3 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the lack of homogeneity in its application across the Member States undermined the effectiveness of Commission Regulation No 330/2010; notes that, because of the different legal cultural traditions in the Member States, uniform application across the EU is impossible;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the fact that some Member States have introduced' legislation on franchising thais not compatible with the regulation because it prevents homogeneity of the market; believes that an approach based on EU competition law enforcement and better implementation of the regulation at national level would improve distribution and increase market access for other Member States’ businesses;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to also ensure the recovery of any illegal state aid by means of tax advantages in the area of franchises and to show firmness in the conduct and result of ongoing inquiries, such as the McDonald’s case; stresses, moreover, that the EU needs to have more stringent legislation on tax rulings, providing also for an effective system and a debt recovery procedure in favour of EU budget own resources; calls on the Commission to rectify any infringement in the area of franchising with the view to ensuring fair competition across the single market;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 30 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to revise the rules on thcombat government failure to ensure enforcement of the regulation by Member States, while its application should be proportionally adjusted to fulfil its aim by revising the rules and removing those that prevent the aim of the regulation from being achieved;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 38 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that collecting information on bankruptcies would require cross-border cooperation with national bodies and a comprehensive analysis of the existing differences among the national markets and that, accordingly, that should not be proceeded with; stresses that market players are better placed to exchange information, of whatever nature, if they are not hampered in the process by red tape;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to correct market failures through legislative action, either by tackling unfair trading practices or by better regulating retail law, contract law or/and competition law;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 46 #
2016/2244(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to abide by the principle of contractual freedom.
Amendment 6 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the Judgement of the European Court of Justice C-264/14 - Hedqvist,
Amendment 22 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the FinTech sector has many "unicorns", i.e. start-up companies that are very individual yet large as they profit from economies of scale or network effects, leading regulators into temptation to act case-by-case instead of applying rules generally;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas FinTech can serve as an effective tool for lowering costs in the financial inclusionsector, opening up tailor-made financial services to those who could not access them before;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas to facilitate FinTech it is important to create a coherent and supportive framework that enables a competitive and innovative environment, in which FinTechs can come up with all kinds of tools, i.e. for encryption as well as for online identification and authentication tools;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that legislation in the financial domain should be proportionate, frequently revised and in accordance with the ‘Innovation Principle’, so that potential effects on innovation will be part of the impact assessment; stresses the need for evermore legal certainty, which can be brought about by drafting legislation with a focus on generality and flexibility, allowing for its application to all kinds of FinTech and services, so that there is less need for frequent revision;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Amendment 147 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. HighlightNotes that some central banks are already experimenting with virtual currencies as well as other new technologies; encourages the relevant authorities in Europe to experiment as well,notes that monitoring is in order to keep up with market developments; recommendinsists that the European Central Bank conduct experiments with a ‘virtual euro’refrains from conducting such experiments as its mandate is limited to maintaining price stability of the common currency;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that innovative financial services should be available throughout the EUnot be hindered from crossing borders; calls on the Commission and Member States to apply, where applicable, passporting regimes for new financial services offered across the Union;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for consistent, technology-neutral application of existing data legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2), the eIDAS Regulation, the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD4) and the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive; stresses that, in order to scale up innovative finance in Europe, a free flow of private data within the Union is needed;
Amendment 212 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. NotWelcomes that there are no clear, comprehensive European U-guidelines for outsourcing data to the cloud with regard to the financial sector; stresses the need for the development of suchat the ensuing competition facilitates the finding of appropriate guidelines;
Amendment 220 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges the increasing combination of personal data and algorithms in order to provide services such as robo-advice; emphasises the efficiency potential of robo-advice and the positive effects on making financial inclusivenessservices more widely available; stresses that errors or biases in algorithms can cause systemic risk and harm consumers; asks the Commission and the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to take these risks into account and assess the liability aspects of data use;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the need for end-to-end security across the whole financial services value chain; points to the large and diverse risks posed by cyber-attacks, targeting our financial markets infrastructure, currencies and data; calls on the Commission to make cyber security the number one priority in the FinTech Action Plan;
Amendment 249 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need for the exchange of information andbout best practices between supervisors and market participants and between market participants themselves; calls on the Commission, the Member States, market participants and the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) to set standards for major incident reporting and to remove barriers to information sharing; suggests exploring the potential benefits of a single point of contact for market participants in this regard;
Amendment 254 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that blockchain applications should not require permission; is concerned by the increased use of unpermissioned blockchain applications, in particular Bitcoinvirtual currencies, for criminal activities, tax evasion, tax avoidance and money laundering; invites the Commission to organise an annual multi- stakeholder conference on this subject in May;
Amendment 277 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to coordinate the work of the Member States and market participants to ensure interoperability among the different national e-identification schemes; stresses that the use of these schemes should be open to the private sector;
Amendment 283 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the ESAs to develop technology-neutral standards and licences for know-your-customer techniques, for example based on biometric criteriaaluate existing standards for know-your-customer techniques;
Amendment 298 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that the European Court of Justice has ruled that bitcoin transactions are exempt from VAT under the provision concerning transactions relating to currency, bank notes and coins used as legal tender;
Amendment 302 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Notes that blockchain technology has evolved from being employed for virtual currencies to facilitating transaction-related processes of any kind, including the process of reaching contractual agreements; urges that contracts based on transactions facilitated by blockchain technology (smart contracts) need to be recognised by courts and regulators without discrimination;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 68 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that information revealed by big data analysis is only as reliable as the underlying data permits, and that strong scientific and ethiclegal standards are therefore needed for judging the results of such analysis and its predictive algorithms;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the prospects and opportunities of big data can only be fully enjoyed by citizens, corporations, governments and institutions when public trust in these technologies is ensured by strong enforcement of fundamental rights and legal certainty for all actors involved; insists that state bodies, when using these technologies, be strictly bound by the law;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. PStresses the importance of the right to anonymity; points out that Union law for the protection of privacy and personal data, as well as the rights to equality and non- discrimination, are applicable to data processing even when that processing is preceded by pseudonymisation and anonymisation techniques, insofar as there are risks of re- identification, or, in any case, when use of non-personal data might impact on individuals’ private lives or other rights and freedoms;
Amendment 120 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the fundamental role that the Commission, the European Data Protection Board and other independent supervisory authoritireliably predictable law and clearly defined legal rules should play in the coming years and decades to promote legal certainty concerning concrete standards protecting fundamental rights and guarantees associated with the use of data processing and analytics;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that data loss and theft, infection by malware, unauthorised access to data and unlawful surveillance are some of the most pressing risks associated with contemporary data processing activities, such as big data techniques; believes that tackling such threats requires genuine and concerted cooperation between, in the light of these threats, it is important to preserve the distinction between the spheres of the private sector, governments, law enforcement authorities and independent supervisory authorities;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 178 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages all law enforcement actors that use data processing and analytics to ensure appropriate human intervention, approved by court orders, throughout the various stages of the processing and analysis of data, especially when decisions may carry high risks for individuals;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the absolute need to protect law enforcement databases from data loss and theft, infection by malware and unauthorised access to data by non- authorised persons; believes that tackling such concerns requires genuine, concerted cooperation between law enforcement authorities and independent supervisory authorities; is concerned that, particularly in the hands of the authorities, centralised data have proved particularly vulnerable in the past, and takes the view that decentralised data banks mean lower security risks;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to present horizontalMember States to present legislation to protect whistle- blowers as soon asthey see fit; stresses that competition between jurisdictions is the best approach to discover rules that protect whistle-blowers to the fullest extent possible;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out the need to ensure that whistle-blowers are able to report anot only illegal activities but also wrongdoing; stresses that reporting any other action, such as wrongdoing that is legal, and any other information in the public interest, must not only take into account the public interest but also the interests of any actor involved;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Argues that whistle-blowers should be free to report both internally, to authorised persons within the workplace, and externally, and should be protected regardless of their choice ofif they respect the appropriate reporting channel;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that whistle-blowers should not bear the burden of proof when it comes to demonstratinge that they acted in good faith, as what matters is whether the information disclosed is in the public interest, or exposes wrongdoing and other misconduct;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the CommissionMember States to ensure that whistle-blowers have access to independent legal advice and financial and psychological support, and can claim compensation for harassment or theany loss of their current or future livelihood if said harm is caused in retaliation for a disclosure made under whistle-blower protectionif such harm is caused in retaliation for a legal disclosure.
Amendment 22 #
Amendment 23 #
2016/2184(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. regrets Europol's attempt to capitalize on concerns regarding terrorism in order to continue its mission of becoming a "fully-fledged European FBI";
Amendment 21 #
2016/2178(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regrets that given the withdrawal of the UK and the impending loss of the UK's contribution, the Agency has not been dissolved in an effort to balance the budget without having to resort to raising additional revenues ;
Amendment 22 #
2016/2178(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Regrets that CEPOL has neither been merged with EUROPOL nor co- located in an effort to reduce the degree of waste of taxpayers' money
Amendment 5 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas equality between opportunities for men and women is a fundamental value of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties; whereas Article 8 TFEU lays down the principle of gender mainstreaming, stating that the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas if professional and private life are to be reconciled not only must affordable and accessible public care facilities be provided, but mothers and fathers must also be free to choose to educate their children fully or partly at home without suffering discrimination as a result, and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of investment in the future; whereas both care facilities and the freedom to choose parental care at home without suffering discrimination are prerequisites for men's and women's participation in the labour market;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that gender budgeting which takes account of equal opportunities for men and women should be an instrument of democratic governance that will help to ensure that gender equality becomes a reality; is of the opinion that the current gulf between male and female pay for the same work is totally unacceptableequal opportunities for men and women becomes a reality;
Amendment 15 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in order to balance professional and private life not only must affordable and accessible public care facilities have to be provided, but mothera and fathers must also be free to choose to educate their children fully or partly at home without suffering discrimination as a result, and expenditures for these facilities are to be considered as part of infrastructure investments; whereas these services and the freedom to make such a choice without suffering discrimination are a preconditions for women’s and men's participation in the labour market, in leading positions, in science and research and thus for gender equality of opportunity between men and women;
Amendment 17 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the objective of equal opportunities for men and women must find expression in a practical approach which does not lead to women and men being set up in opposition to one another and or to being played off against one another;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges that not all EU policy areas can be gender mainstreamed, as for example the EU policy on honey bees, because there is only one female bee queen per colony and not two;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality and ensures gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that gender budgeting to foster equal opportunities for men and women is considered in certain policy areas (employment, social affairs and inclusion, home affairs, justice, development and cooperation, research and innovation, education and culture), but believes it should be included in allthose policy areas in which it makes sense;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council calls for the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 to integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equalequality of opportunity and ensures gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 25 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against men and women;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 28 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities commissioned in 2014 by the EP's Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs policy department, which was entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations' and which covered the period from June 2011 to February 2013, produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Rights drew up 33 opinions for only 11 of the 23 committees; of a total of 718 individual proposals and amendments on various topics, only 210, or one-third, were adopted in full or in part; the largest number of FEMM committee proposals were made to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which took over only 39.5%, or not even half, of them; in the other committees the proportion of proposals/amendments accepted was even lower: Foreign Affairs 28%, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11%, and Budgets only 5.5%; whereas in the light of these disappointing findings no recommendations should be made to the Member States;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas, in the light of the findings of the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities published by one of Parliamemnt's own policy departments under the title 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations', the European Court of Auditors should carry out a cost-benefit analysis of all the gender mainstreaming policies of the EU institutions and bodies in general and of the European Parliament in particular and publish details of the budget resources made available for this purpose, with a view to ensuring that the taxes paid by women are being used properly;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that gender equality goals are too oftenWelcomes the fact that equal opportunities policy is subsumed by other policy goals that are addressed within the same budget line;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as gender mainstreaming) promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 35 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intended mainstreaming of gender equalityinclusion of equal opportunities for men and women as a cross-cutting policy objective of the EU budget in EU funds and programmes;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the objective of equal opportunities between men and women must find expression in a practical approach which does not lead to women and men being set up in opposition to one another and or to being played off against one another;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly recommends that data which has been disaggregated according to gender, race, skin colour, ethnic, geographic and social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, wealth, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 42 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 44 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities commissioned in 2014 by the EP's Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs policy department, which was entitled 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations' and which covered the period from June 2011 to February 2013, produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Rights drew up 33 opinions for only 11 of the 23 committees; of a total of 718 individual proposals and amendments on various topics, only 210, or one-third, were adopted in full or in part; the largest number of FEMM committee proposals were made to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, which took over only 39.5%, or not even half, of them; in the other committees the proportion of proposals/amendments accepted was even lower: Foreign Affairs 28%, Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11%, and Budgets only 5.5%; considers, in the light of these disappointing findings, that the Committee on Women's Rights should not make recommendations to the Member States, because it has no legitimacy to do so;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as "gender mainstreaming") promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;
Amendment 45 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that not all EU policy areas can be gender mainstreamed, as for example the EU policy on honey bees, because there is only one female bee queen per colony and not two;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Takes the view, in the light of the findings of the external assessment of the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's activities published by one of Parliament's own policy departments under the title 'Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament's committees and delegations', the European Court of Auditors should carry out a cost-benefit analysis of all the gender mainstreaming policies implemented by the EU institutions and bodies in general and by the European Parliament in particular and publish details of the budget resources made available for physical resources and staff, with a view to ensuring that the taxes paid by women are being used properly;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls, in keeping with the principle of the responsible use of EU budget resources, for a detailed cost-benefit analysis with the aim of doing away with appropriations for gender mainstreaming which have been shown to be ineffective;
Amendment 48 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to increase budget resources for 'gender equality' and to constantly monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming until the sustained added value of that policy has been established;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Highlights the fact that responsibility for those policy approaches lies with the Member States and that the EU should not influence national governments' priorities through its fiscal policy;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that despite the joint declaration attached to the MFF on gender mainstreaming there has been no significant progress in this field; calls, in keeping with the principle of the responsible use of EU budget resources, for a detailed cost-benefit analysis with the aim of doing away with appropriations for gender mainstreaming in those policy areas in which it has been shown to be ineffective;
Amendment 71 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
EU funding for gender equalityequal opportunities for men and women in employment, social affairs and inclusion through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds)
Amendment 74 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the ESI Funds constitute the most important financial support for the implementation of gender equality policy in the EU, especially in the case of the ESF (European Social Fund), which aims to foster the full integration of women in the labour market; underlines that Regulation 1304/2013 makes gender mainstreaming a compulsory part of all phases of programmes and projects financed by the ESF, including preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; emphasises that this Regulation does not guarantee mothers and fathers the freedom to choose without suffering discrimination as a result;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that ensuring the necessary infrastructure funding for quality, affordable and accessible care services for children and the elderly will support female participation in the labour market and women’s economic independence, and thus foster gender equality; emphasises that by taking this approach the EU will actively discriminate against some mothers and fathers if they are not at the same time offered freedom to choose which does not lay them open to discrimination;
Amendment 85 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that ERDF funding should also support investment in childcare and other social infrastructure and in child benefits for fathers and mothers who choose to keep their children at home;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of close monitoring and evaluation of the Operational Programmes of the ESI Funds, in order to avoid the downgrading of gender equalityensure that programmes which offer no proven value added are not funded and are then rightly downgraded in the implementation phase;
Amendment 101 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 105 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to increase resources for gender equality assessment and constantly monitor the implementation of gender mainstreaming until the sustained added value of that policy has been established;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 112 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the importance ofProposes that the Member States givinge special attention and priority to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local level;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the importance of giving special attention and priority to ESIF measures supporting investments in educational, social and healthcare services, given that these services are facing reductions in public funding at national and local levelfact that responsibility for those policy approaches lies with the Member States and that the EU should not influence national governments' priorities through its fiscal policy;
Amendment 118 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests that the Member States increased financial allocations in the MFFir national budgets for social infrastructures and services for the care of children and the elderly;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against men and women;
Amendment 130 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 136 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the requirement regarding the collection of gender-disaggregated data in the implementation of this programme, as an essenep up data collection, when implementing this programme, as an essential tool for an effective gender budgeting analysis; states that the data collected must be broken down by the grounds for discrimination referred to in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political tool for an effective gender budgeting analysisor any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Urges the Member States to take measures to guarantee women in disadvantaged circumstances equal access to public health systems, in particular basic health services as defined by the World Health Organisation, encompassing the protection of mother and child and gynaecological and obstetric care;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
EU funding for gender equality of opportunity between men and women in the area of research and innovation via Horizon 2020
Amendment 143 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the fact that the Horizon 2020 programme (hereinafter ‘this programme’), in line with the requirements of Article 16 of its Regulation, mainstreams gender equality and the gender dimensioof opportunity between men and women in research as a cross- cutting issue in each of the different parts of the work programme;
Amendment 146 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 150 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 158 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the specific indicators used to monitor the implementation of a gender equality perspective in Horizon 2020, as well as the fact that, regarding gender balance in Horizon 2020 advisory groups in 2014, women’s participation was 52 %4 ; calls for special support measures for women to be halted, in the light of that figure, and for men to be supported instead, since they are clearly underrepresented (48%-52%); _________________ 4 Commission staff working document ‘Horizon 2020 annual monitoring report 2014’
Amendment 160 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, and to propose adjustments tohalting the specific actions if required;
Amendment 163 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for gender mainstreaming to be further strengthened under all pillars of Horizon 2020, and for the development of gendetargets for equality targetsof opportunity between men and women in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;
Amendment 167 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other gender equality topicstopics relating to equality of opportunity between men and women in research and innovation;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. OpposWelcomes the changes envisaged in the ‘New Science with and for Society Scoping Paper 2018-2020’ subsuming, because gender equality funding is subsumed there under the more general heading of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), as being inconsistent with the specific and distinct requirements for gender equality in the Horizon 2020 regulHorizon 2020 regulation and with the principles of better and more efficient administration;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Other programmes and funds including specific objectives on gender equalityequal opportunities for men and women
Amendment 183 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes that in the field of external actions and development cooperation, the Gender Action Plan (GAP) established for the period 2016-2020 covers the EU’s activities in third countries, and that there are several external assistance instruments that support gender equality objectivesthe objectives of equal opportunities for men and women;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve the documentation of discrimination against and violent attacks on female Christian refugees;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 192 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Notes that female and male asylum seekers and economic refugees have particular requirements, so that the Member States are invited as far as possible to satisfy the specific requirements of women, men, children and families seeking asylum;
Amendment 194 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34 b. Notes that Christian refugees in Member State asylum-seeker hostels face attacks by fanatical Muslims living according to Sharia Law, who even subject them to death threats;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that there are other funds, such as the Internal Security Fund, special financial instruments like the Emergency Support Instrument. and other ad hoc instruments and grants, that have been mobilised to address needs in the context of the present refugee crisis; points out the difficulty in monitoring the use of these funds, in particular from a gender perspective, and calls for the use of EU funding in this area to be coordinated, effective, and transparent and gender- sensitive;
Amendment 200 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 205 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 215 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 218 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for the amount to be allocated to individual policy objectives and actions dedicated to gender equalityequal opportunities for men and women to be clearly specified in order to increase transparency and accountability;
Amendment 224 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Looks upon the EU-level funding of EUR 6.17 billion allocated in the current MFF to achieving the objectives of gender- strategic engagement as a first step, and asks for an increase in this amount in the next MFFn appropriate amount which should be used effectively;
Amendment 227 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 229 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 232 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 236 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Strongly recommends that gender- disaggregated datadata which has been disaggregated according to gender, race, skin colour, ethnic and social origin, genetic features, language, religion, belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, wealth, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation should be made available to the public in order to ensure financial accountability and transparency;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2144(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 900 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.
Amendment 906 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1 – interpretation
Rule 15 – paragraph 1 – interpretation
If a Vice-President is to be replaced and there is only one candidate, he or she may be elected by acclamation. The President is empowered to decide, at his discretion, whether the election is to take place by acclamation or by a secret ballot. The candidate elected takes the place of his or her predecessor in the order of precedence.
Amendment 914 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 22 – paragraph 1 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
Rule 22 – paragraph 1 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
Amendment 915 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 22 – paragraph 1 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
Rule 22 – paragraph 1 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
This provision cannot be interpreted as meaning that the powers conferred by it include the power to put an end to the excessive use of motions such as points of order, procedural motions, explanations of vote and requests for separate, split or roll- call votes where the President is convinced that these are manifestly intended to cause and will result in, a prolonged and serious obstruction of the procedures of the House or the rights of other Members.
Amendment 932 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 31 – paragraph 2
Rule 31 – paragraph 2
2. Any Member may ask questions concerning the work and decisions of the Bureau, the Conference of Presidents and the Quaestors. Such questions shall be submitted to the President in writing, notified to Members and published on Parliament's website within 30 days of tabling, together with the answers given.
Amendment 934 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 32 – paragraph 2
Rule 32 – paragraph 2
2. A political group shall comprise Members elected in at least one-quarterfifth of the Member States. The minimum number of Members required to form a political group shall be 250.
Amendment 935 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Rule 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 939 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34
Rule 34
Amendment 941 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 1
Rule 34 – paragraph 1
Amendment 943 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 945 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 947 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 1074 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 136
Rule 136
Amendment 1276 #
2016/2114(REG)
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex VI – heading XIX
Annex VI – heading XIX
XIX. Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityEqual Opportunities for Men and Women
Amendment 9 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
Amendment 18 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a strong and effective EU competition policy has always been a cornerstone of the European project;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a market-friendly competition policy keeps markets efficient and open, thus leading to lower prices, better-quality products and services and greater choice for consumers, also promoting innovation and growth;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas competition policy can and should make a significant contribution to key political priorities such as boosting innovation, quality jobs, growth and investment, protecting consumers and reinforcing the single market, with particular regard to the digital single market and the Energy Unionshould focus on preventing and correcting anti- competitive behaviour;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU competition policy is also defined by the values of social fairness, political independence, transparency and due process, thereby promoting justice and social justice;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the annual report by the Commission on competition policy, which can help to restore a sufficient level of investment and innovation by creating a fair competition environment; also reiterates that Europe’s future should be based on innovationfair competition environment, especially by highlighting legal barriers to market entry and distortive state aid measures;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s goal of opening up new opportunities for citizens and businesses by allowing people, goods, services and capital to move freely within the single market;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that all market players should pay their fair share of tax; Welcomspects fully the tax sovereignty of Member States; notes the Commission’s in-depth investigations into anti-competitive practices such as selective tax advantages or excess profit ruling systems; welcomes any tax competition between Member States; rejects the notion of the supposed necessity to coordinate tax policy between Member States as being detrimental to tax competition;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 129 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 144 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take more ambitious steps to eliminate legal obstacles to online competition, in order to ensure barrier-free online shopping for EU consumers purchasing from sellers who are based in another Member State or outside the EU;
Amendment 162 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the sharing economy is offering EU consumers numerous innovative products and services; reiterates that beside the taxation and security aspects, the Commission should also examine itsthe Commission should remove obstacles for market entry of businesses in order to create a more intense competition aspects; underlines that national or EU rules must not impose the same conditions for different kinds of services;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the Commission’s investigations into certain anti-competitive practices by a number of companies, in particularly Google, Amazon, Qualcomm and other media companies, film studios and TV distributors of the network and media economy; calls on the Commission to speed upconduct all procedures against behaviour which infringes EU antitrust rules with appropriate diligence;
Amendment 201 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that ending roaming charges in the EU is not sufficient and that intra-EU calls must be also regulated on the same level as local calls; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal forare based on different economic and tax conditions in the Member States; considers that in a completed Digital Single Market competition would be so intense that roaming charges would vanish without regulatingory intra-EU callservention;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the overhaul of the state aid rules; reminds the Member States, nonetheless, that the aim was to better target aid measures towards economic growth, quality job creation and social cohesion; also reminds the Commission of the need to prevent certain governments from acting in bad faith as they do when misspending EU funds;
Amendment 240 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that – as the Commission has stated for the sixth time in its annual competition report – the temporary state aid granted in the financial sector was deemed necessary for the stabilisation of the global financial system, but must quickly be reduced, or totally removed and scrutinised, once the Banking Union is completed; warns in that respect that the mistakes of the past must not be repeated and that state aid of any kind to stabilise banks should never be granted again;
Amendment 252 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 267 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Insists that any revision of the rules on deposit guarantee scheme would have to comply with state aid rules; insists that future banking crises have to be solved without burdening taxpayers, in order to comply with state aid rules;
Amendment 292 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to keep its cartel enforcement record strong and effective in all cases where it has sufficient evidence of infringement; welcomes last year’s five decisions relating to a total of EUR 365 million in fines; also calls, however, for extra vigilance regarding airlines’ ‘anti- competitive cooperation practices’;
Amendment 297 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the number of notified mergers increased significantly in 2015; asks, therefore, for the relevant services to be provided with the necessary resources enabling them to continue to deal effectively with this situationexpects this number to go down in future, as the number of mergers is strongly correlated to the business cycle;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 318 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the different antitrust investigations, in particular those into against Gazprom and Bulgargaz, aimed at ensuring market integration in the Eenergy Union; regrets, however,sector; welcomes the practice on the part of certain Member States of buying gas through offshore companies, as being a typical example of tax avoidance and an act that is contrary toan effective way to ease the burden energy prices have on consumers, which should be the aim of a properly functioning Energy Union;
Amendment 323 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomDeplores the effortactions of the Commission to promote theso called market integration of renewable energy sources in order to avoi, which in the end distortions of detrimental to competition; underlines, however, the responsibility of Member States in that Member States should neither be promoting andnor financing the production and use of renewable energy, because any governmental intervention in the energy market hurts consumers as well as producers;
Amendment 360 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that excessive taxation of the agri-food industry could, just like any inappropriate taxation, easily destroy competition and would be against the interests of consumers;
Amendment 395 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the decentralised enforcement of EU competition rules in Europe, but considers that the effectiveness of the protection of citizens and companies from anti-competitive practices should not depend only on the Member State in which they are resident;
Amendment 398 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers it essential, therefore, that the national competition authorities in the EU have the means and instruments they need to be effective enforcers of EU competition rules, including the tools to detect, tackle and sanction infringements and the leniency programmes that will be essential if companies are to come clean about cartels across Europe;
Amendment 401 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 430 #
2016/2100(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 20 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the bank must retain a strong credit standing and must remain selective in its operations, taking into account not only the high volumes and returns of the investment but also the development targets of different sectors;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomDeplores Commission President Juncker’s plan to increase the capacity of the Investment Plan for Europe from EUR 315 billion to EUR 630 billion; underlines, however, that it should not lead to a reduction in well-functioning sources of transport infrastructure funding;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EIB should continue to strengthen its efforts to expand its loan activitieslend only with the greatest business prudence and should not put its creditworthiness at risk;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EIB to continue to support sustainable, safe, climate-friendly and innovative transport; underlines that it is the European Parliament’s priority to provide sufficientappropriate funding for projects with European added value, including the cross- border transport links;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EIB, as the institution responsible for the heavily leveraged and therefore risky implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), should maintain solid financial results and a high quality of asset portfolio;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EIB should help address regional inequalities on the basis ofonly financinge sound investment projects; whereas, in particular, the EIB should devise additional ways of sustaining the economic development of countries that have habeen allowed to apply a stabilisation programme;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 51 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 57 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the current crisis has significantly weakened potential growth in the European economy and that one of the main factors is the decline in public and private investment in the EU, to approximately 18 % below 2007 levelsat the Member States of the EU are only competitive to a limited extent and some are not competitive at all; in extreme cases such as Greece and Portugal the declining public and private investment has reached alarming levels and, according to the OECD, gross national income (GNI) has declined by 65 % in Greece and by 35 % in Portugal from 2007 levels;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 68 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the strengthening of EUthe competitiveness depends among other things onof the Member States would contribute to an increase in public and private investment, especially in innovation and digitalisation;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the EIB to support investment in sustainable urban mobility in order to reduce the air pollution andimprove mobility and reduce congestion in European cities;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the stability of the EIB lending signed in 2015 (EUR 77.5 billion, after EUR 77 billion in 2014); points out that, while the figure complies with the target announced in the EIB Operational Plan 2015-2017, given the current context should encourage the bank to, which is characterised by a lack of lucrative investments, the bank should not adopt any more ambitious objectives;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that the EIB was able to deliver the commitment entered into with its shareholders of at least 180 billion in overall investment; warns that strains could arise in the future as a result of the risks taken, for which provisions should be drawn up;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that a new increase in capital desershould not be givesn consideration, with the objective of safeguarding and that the bank’s financing capacity for the coming years will be restricted by the anticipated burdens;
Amendment 94 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 104 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the factNotes that in 2015 the EIB provided EUR 1.35 billion for investment in projects across Greece; notes that the EIB has provided more than EUR 12 billion for investment in Greece since the beginning of the crisis; points out that the spending took place with a lack of transparency and in parallel to the adjustment programmes and therefore obfuscates the real costs of the crisis;
Amendment 109 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 118 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 132 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Invites the EIB to present an assessment of the potential effect that Brexit might have on its financial status and activities; invites the EIB to present an assessment of the effect that the withdrawal of a Member State from the euro area might have on its financial status and activities;
Amendment 154 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. SupportNotes the emphasis placed by the EIB on the financing of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), with 37 % of the new lending granted in 2015 (EUR 28.4 billion); welcomnotes in particular the fact that the EIB operations helped to create and sustain 4.1 million jobs in Europe’s SMEs and midcaps (+13 % as compared to 2014); recalls that SMEs are the backbone of Europe’s economy, providing 85 % of all new jobs, and that supporting them must remain a fundamental objective of the bank;
Amendment 164 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 170 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 180 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 192 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that effective cooperation with the National Promotional Banks (NPBs) can help the EIB to select the best projects in each Member State; warns of a conflict of interests if national development banks point out investment opportunities to the EIB but do not take advantage of them themselves;
Amendment 199 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 209 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomesarns of the risks associated with the strong increase in EIB lending to innovative projects, which stood at EUR 18.7 billion in 2015, as compared to less than EUR 10 billion in 2008; urges the EIB to continue this effort and to focus on the development of technologies for the future such as energy-efficiency transport, the digital economy and new medical treatments for a better life; believes that concentrating on InnovFin and FinTech will attract projects with added value in the Member Stateso deal with economic risks accordingly;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EIB to step up its efforts in developing technical assistance through its advisory hub rather than lending in order to promote the best management practices;
Amendment 219 #
Amendment 220 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 223 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 228 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 233 #
Amendment 236 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 264 #
Amendment 265 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 269 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 272 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 284 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the EIB to continuefocus on its action to tackle the refugee crisis by financing emergency projects in countries of destination and making long- term investments in the refugees’ countries of origin;
Amendment 297 #
2016/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the EIB not to continue its social housing project lending in order to cope withspite of the large number of refugees in the EU Member States, as the majority of refugees arriving have no prospect of remaining in the EU in the long term and promoting social housing construction would lead to failed investments;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to the Commission’s latest spring forecast, euro area real growth is repeatedly expected to be modest – 1.6 % in 2016 and 1.8 % in 2017, following 1.7 % in 2015;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, again according to the same forecast, the government deficit in the euro area willis expected to gradually decline from 2.1 % in 2015 to 1.9 % in 2016 and 1.6 % in 2017 and the debt-to- GDP ratio is also forecast to decline for the first time since the beginning of the crisis, even though there are still four countries involved in the Commission’s excessive deficit procedure: France, Spain, Greece and Portugal;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, according to the same forecast, the euro area will continue to exhibit an external surplus, of around 3 % of GDP, pushed mainly by those euro area economies that are in less need of structural reforms;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the measuring of inflation used by the ECB is constricted to consumer prices and ignores the development of asset prices;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the inflation target set by the ECB has no legal base in the Treaties and, moreover, should be revised by taking into account the development of asset prices;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the inflation target is getting harder to reach owing to the fact that the ECB's policies have reached their limits, the consolidation of demographic trends, and the full impact of trade globalisation on a high-unemployment European society;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in 2015 the ECB launched an expanded Asset Purchase Programme (APP) as an unprecedented unconventional monetary instrument amounting to EUR 1.1 trillion and initially scheduled to run until September 2016;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas this programme has since been upgradedunconventional monetary instrument has since been expanded even more, with the asset purchase scheduled to run until March 2017 for a total amount which should be close to EUR 1.7 trillion, and the list of eligible assets has been enlarged to even include corporate bonds;
Amendment 46 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the ECB has bought just EUR 19 094 million of asset-backed securities (ABS) since the beginning of its purchase programme;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the euro area continuescrisis of the euro area has been brought about by a monetary policy of artificially suppressing the interest rate; warns that pushing interest rates down even further will only make matters worse, so that the euro area will continue to suffer from a high level of unemployment and excessive low inflation and that, in addition, the euro area is facing a very low level of productivity growth, which is the result of the lack of investment since the beginning of the crisis; warns that keeping the interest rate at an artificially low level causes malinvestment and prevents the market from correcting misguided production capacities that have been provoked by the monetary policy of suppressing interest rates in the first place; notes that the high level of public debt and the huge number of non- performing loans in the banking sector in some Member States are still fragmenting the euro area financial market, thus reducing room for manoeuvre to support the most fragile economiesa burden on the members of the euro area;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that, confronted with this very complex environment and the risks of a prolonged period of low inflation, the ECB whas within the terms ofviolated its mandate in adopting extraordinary measures to lift inflation back up to the misguided medium-term objective of 2 %; notes that, since the launching of the APP in March 2015, and owing to targeted long-term refinancing operation (TLTRO) programmes targeted at the real economy, financial conditions have improved, which has promoted a recovery in lending to, in the short term, only improved superficially, while endangering the long term outlook of firms and households in the euro area;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the APP would have an even highermore dangerous impact on the European economy if it had a higher share of EIB bond buying, particularly related to the TEN-T and TEN-E (projects with proven added European value in social and economic terms), and SME securitised loans, or; warns that if the ECB were ablellowed to buy Member States’ public debt directly linked to investment and research expenditure on the secondary markets; believes that in order to choose the eligibility of public debt assets for the APP, the Eurosystem should assign a complementary credit rating in addition to those assigned by private agenciesthis would constitute illegal monetary financing; believes that in order to return to a sound monetary policy the APP should be withdrawn;
Amendment 112 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with ECB President Mario Draghi that the single monetary policy cannot stimulate aggregate demand unless it is complemented bysks for sound fiscal policies and ambitious structural reform programmes at Member State level; recalls that the main benefit of monetary policy is to safeguard price stability in order to guarantee a stable environment for investmentcurrency; considers that monetary policy is not the appropriate tool to solve the structural problems of the European economy; deplores that monetary policy is currently dominated by the lack of sound fiscal policies pursued by the Member States;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that structural reforms in the economy and the labour market should also fully take into account the demographic trends in Europe, in order to create incentives for a more balanced demographic structure that would make it easier to maintain an inflation target of around 2 %take place in all economies of the euro area; reminds Member States that they should pursue a regulatory policy that concentrates on setting up a viable and stable legal and political framework while abstaining from setting incentives to steer the economy in a certain direction;
Amendment 140 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes, however, that even though the impact of unconventional measures has been significant, inflation is not expected to converge to the 2 % medium-term objective at the 2017 horizon; notes that the current recovery in bank and market lending has not wholly produced the expected effect on the existing investment gap in the euro area so far; considers that it is necessary for a restart of investment activity that there have to be readjustments to all malinvestments created during the preceding boom period;
Amendment 145 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. DeplorNotes the existing, albeit gradually decreasing, gaps between the financing rates granted to SMEs and those granted to bigger companies, between lending rates on small and large loans, and between credit conditions for SMEs located in different euro area countries, but recognises the limits of what monetary policy can achieve in this respectat loans to businesses are granted on an individual basis;
Amendment 152 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that a prolonged period of ultra-low (negative) interest rate policy creates potential risks for financial stability and ultimately the whole economy; warns that a decline in the profitability of banks will dampen their willingness to develop lending activity; points particularly to the effect of such an interest rate policy on local and regional banks and savings banks with little funding from financial markets, and to risks in the insurance sector; insists that interest rates determine the relative price of present and future consumption and have, therefore, to be positive;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. UnderstandsConsiders that the reason why negative rates have been implemented, but is a mistaken view of economics; remains concerned about the potential consequences of negative interest rate policy for individual savers and the financial equilibrium of pension schemes; believes that owing to demographic trends and cultural preferences for saving, these negative effects on income may lead to an increase in the household saving rate, which could be detrimental to domestic demand in the euro areais necessary for a rebuilding of the capital stock;
Amendment 187 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the existence of distributional consequences of the ECB policies, e.g. the Cantillon Effect, which can be perceived as increasing inequalities, but believes that the ECB policies are the right ones to lower the costs of credit for citizens and SMEs and enhance employment in the euro area;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the ECB’s APP has lowered bond yields in most Member States to unprecedented levels; warns against the risk of too-high valuations on the bond markets, which would be difficult to handle if interest rates start to rise again, particularly for the countries involved in the excessive deficit procedure or with high levels of debt; insists that the APP has to be ended;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores the fact that some Member States are using the ultra-low (negative) interest rate policy as a pretext to defer the necessary consolidation of their primary public deficits, particularly at central government level; asks therefore to provide counter-incentives by establishing a mechanism for sovereign debt restructuring within the euro zone;
Amendment 206 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Insists that the euro area cannot be seen as a single macroeconomic entity; insists further that the euro area can only survive if its members can exit the euro area both voluntarily and, in the case of grave misconduct, as last resort, involuntarily; recommends that the voluntary exit mechanism should be rooted in democratic decision-making at the level of the Member States; considers that economic integration does neither presuppose a single currency nor coordination of economic or fiscal policy- making between Member States; considers that Member States should therefore no longer be required to enter the third stage of the EMU and adopt the euro as their currency once they meet the convergence criteria; regards the idea that the EMU has to be completed as misguided;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the publication of the minutes of the Council meeting and the decision to disclose the agreements on net financial assets (ANFA) between the ECB and the national central banks; encourages the ECB to pursue its transparency effort; hopes that in the near future the minutes will incorporate information on who made each statement; insists that the competences granted to National Central Banks (NCB) under ANFA should not be misapplied for concealed illegal monetary financing;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that the independence of the ECB for the conduct of monetary policy, as enshrined in the Treaties, is crucial to the objective of safeguarding price stability; asks all governments to avoid statements questioning the role played by the institution within its mandate; notes, however, that conferring the task of bank supervision on the ECB is a burden on its independence;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the international study by Make Mothers Matter (MMM), entitled ‘What Matters to Mothers in Europe’ carried out in the context of the 7th EU framework research project ‘Family Platform’ in 2011,
Amendment 5 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the real scandal lies not in a possible pay gap but in the failure to recognise the housework, child rearing, care and family work carried out equally by women and men, and the lack of opportunities to reconcile, and choose freely between, family and working life, which affects women and men equally;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, owing to their longer life expectancy, women are likely, on average, to require more pension capital than men to cover their retirement and whereas this capital may be available to them from the inheritance left by their deceased husband;
Amendment 38 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the lack of comparable, comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated data on the basis of which to gauge the size of the pension gap and the relative importance of the factors that contribute to it make it difficult to determine how best to tackle the problemean that the assertion that there is a ‘gender pension gap’ does not stand up to scrutiny;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas statistics conflate the gross salaries of men and women of all sectors, qualifications, positions and family situations, resulting in a highly simplistic figure which does not reflect reality;
Amendment 102 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas people who devote their time and abilities to bringing up children or caring for an old person should receive the recognition of society;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges Eurostat to develop measures to highlight the economic value of invisible work in the field of raising and caring for children and looking after families and its contribution to the Member States’ GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO);
Amendment 131 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Suggests to the Member States that they draw up national strategies on recognising informal domestic, childcare and family work by men and women, strategies which include incorporating the economic value of the invisible work carried out both by men and women in the area of solidarity between the generations and its contribution to the Member States’ GDP in national accounts, as Parliament has already proposed (resolution of 3 February 2009 on non-discrimination based on sex and intergenerational solidarity, resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union);
Amendment 185 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to put forward specific initiatives to validate the skills acquired in bringing up, caring for dependent persons and carrying out household management so that these skills are taken into account when individuals re-enter the labour market; points out that the assessment of soft skills is central to the ‘skills passport’, in accordance with the best traditions of national efforts to match supply and demand on the labour market;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that a proper work-life balance cannot be achieved unless decent childcare facilities are available; calls on Member Statesparents are free to decide whether they want to meeput the Barcelona targets at the earliest opportunity, and no later than by 2020ir children in child care or look after them at home;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that a proper work-life balance cannot properly be achieved unless decent childcare facilities are available; calls on Member States not only to meet the Barcelona targets at the earliest opportunity, and no later than by 2020, but at the same time to offer families which prefer a different child-rearing model the freedom to choose;
Amendment 219 #
2016/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that families are a source of social cohesion and should be seen as pillars of society as a whole and that women and mothers, by bringing up and caring for their children, are working for the future of society;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that development aid, including for access to medicines, should always entail helping the recipients to help themselves, and that people in developing countries must have the prospect of being able to lead decent lives in the place they come from; points out that the problems in such countries will not be solved by people emigrating to Europe because they do not have adequate access to medicines; calls, therefore, for priority to be given to measures that private companies in the countries concerned can support through investment and in terms of organisation; consequently calls for support to be given, in the context of promoting access to medicines, to projects that the recipient countries or companies based there will be able to carry on independently, without foreign aid, after the project support period ends;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that when improving the access to medicines in ACP countries, Union assistance should respect the Declaration of the 21st session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly (A (2010) 21584 of 20 October 2010);
Amendment 73 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Union, through its assistance, shall ensure that woman's dignity and maternal health is not jeopardized by interventions that compromise prenatal and/or postnatal care;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that all those involved in EU efforts to improve access to medicines must respect the social, cultural, political and religious characteristics of the target populations; notes that, to make a success of cooperation for development, it is important that the culture and the social and religious characteristics of developing countries are fully respected.
Amendment 82 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The EU reaffirms the importance of co-financing the access to medicines as facilitating principle that motivates grant beneficiaries to higher accountability and contribution to development effectiveness and improves cooperation of all stakeholders recommended by the Istanbul principles. In this respect, the financial contribution in operating grants from the EU budget to one beneficiary in one calendar year should not exceed 50% of the overall annual budget of that beneficiary. (Istanbul Principles, as agreed at the Open Forum's Global Assembly in Istanbul, September 28 -30, 2010);
Amendment 84 #
2016/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. In respect to the legally binding international human rights instruments, the EU acquis communautaire and the Union policy competencies in this matter, no reference related to the access to medicines should be interpreted as providing legal basis to fund abortion directly or indirectly. In implementing the specific Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters (A/CONF.171/13, Report of the ICPD, 18 Oct 1994, § 7.24), Union assistance seeking to improve the access to medicines should not be provided to any authority, organisation or programme which promotes, supports or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation of women and men, determining foetal sex resulting in pre natal sex selection or infanticide, especially where such actions apply their priorities though psychological, social, economic or legal pressure;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the dynamics of retail financial services markets in many Member States, featuring a combination of high concentration and inadequate competition, tend to which are characterised by weak competition stemming from overresgult in limited choice and low value for moneyation across the board, are also being hampered by red tape;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the further development of the retail financial services market at EU level would not only facilitateis a matter for the private sector, and whereas rules adopted at EU level are standing in the way of important and fruitful cross- border activity, but would also open up greater scope for healthy competition at national level;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the rapid transformation brought about by digitisation and fintech innovation not only creates new and often better financial products for consumerlients, but also involves key challenges in terms of security, and data protection, consumer protection and taxation;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas investors are not consumers, and should therefore be protected only as investors;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Finds the Green Paper initiative to be timely, particularly given the need to work proactivecautiously at all stages of the policymaking process in order to be able to track and steernot to jeopardise developments in such an innovative and fast-changing market;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises, in particular because of low levels of consumerlient trust and satisfaction, that the Green Paper initiative can succeed only if it has a strong focus on creating an EU market in which well- protected consumers have access to transparent, straightforward and good- value-for-money producclients have access to suitable products; insists that legislative measures must not jeopardise the current availability of a wide range of services for private clients;
Amendment 86 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that all initiatives based on the Green Paper should be compatible with stepping up the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion; points out that tax competition is a key prerequisite for prosperity in the Member States;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the increasing complexity of retail financial products; insists on the need to develop initiatives andthat providers must develop instruments that allow consumerlients to identify safe and simpuitable products within the range of products available to them; supports initiatives such as the Key Investment Information Document for undertakings for collective investments in transferrable securities (UCITS) and the Key Information Document for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs), and calls for them to be simplified; calls for the requirements concerning the provision of information and the resulting red tape to be kept to a minimum;
Amendment 111 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the recent developments in the legislative framework for the banking sector, in particular the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive; insists on the need to inform consumerlients fully about the impact of the new rules;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses, not least given that otherwise positive digitisation processes could trigger exclusionary tendencies, that the financial inclusion perspective should always be kept in mind, and that measures should be taken, in keeping with the principle of freedom of contract, to ensure that all consumers have access to at least the most essential financial services;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that frontline employees at financial institutions have a crucial role to play in opening upffering retail services to all strands of society and to consumers all over Europe; points out that such employees should, in principle, be given the training and time necessary to be able to serve their retail customers accurately, and should not be made subject to undisclosed sales targets or inducements that could bias or distort their advice;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Observes that the EU-level capacity for data collection and analysis in this field will probably need to be strengthened; nNotes that it will be necessary to give some of the most promising ideas in the Green Paper a broad and adequate empirical underpinning before it is possible to move on to legislative processes;
Amendment 174 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the enforcement of EU and national financial and consumer legislation needs to be strengthened; stresses that the European Supervisory Authorities should step up their activities on consumer issues and that the agencies responsible in a number of Member States should start to work more actively and competentwork more actively in this field;
Amendment 192 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 203 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission, inter alia on the basis of the structure of the Payment Accounts Directive (PAD) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s analysis of the insurance sector, to put together a step-by-step action plan for building a well-organised and easy-to-use EU comparison portal covering most or all parts of the retail financial servicesCalls for a well-organised and easy-to-use EU comparison portal covering most or all parts of the retail financial services market; sees - should that be set up - profit-making opportunities for any privately funded undertaking that plugs this gap in the market;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 215 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 222 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States, by working carefully on the implementation of the eIDAS Regulation and the new anti-money laundering legislation, inter alia, to create – as should be entirelyif feasible – a general environment in which robust security requirements are combined with fair and simple procedures for consuustomers to identify themselves if that is what is required by the rules;
Amendment 231 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 250 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 262 #
2016/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 15 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 29 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that Article 67 TEU states that the Union shall constitute an area of freedom, security and justice with respect for fundamental rights and the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that public policies aiming at social engineering (such as gender mainstreaming) promoted by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Takes the position that home caregivers (both men and women) remain discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that inequalities affects men: - on average women live longer than men, - women have greater levels of disposable income (often because they outlive their husbands), - women have ‘women only hospitals’ - men don’t have such facilities, - women receive a more lenient sentence than men for the same crime, - men cannot take their babies into prison with them - women can, - men have no say in whether their child is aborted or not, - in divorce situations, men will most likely be worse off financially than the woman, -in divorce, men will rarely be the resident parent, having the children live with him, - the educational system in most developed countries is designed for a woman’s learning style - disadvantaging men, - in a spirit of positive discrimination, with equally qualified candidates applying for a job the woman has to be preferred, - men are portrayed as weaker characters in films, literature, marketing campaigns etc., - men are prejudged to be a sexual threat to women and children, - men have more hazardous occupations than women, - common misconception assumes that all domestic violence is committed by men against women, when about 40% is women abusing men, - men are more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, etc., - more boys than girls die in childhood;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Reiterates the condemnation of the practice of surrogacy expressed in § 115 of its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2015/2229(INI)): ‘The EU Parliament condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments’;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Reiterates its position that - in line with the EU Leitmotif ‘United in Diversity’ and article 67 TFEU which states that the Union shall respect the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States - cross border civil status issues are uniquely related to Member States’ family laws, which reflect Member States’ values; recognises that public policy exemptions safeguard the right of Member States to protect their fundamental values as expressed in their substantive family laws and they shield against the import of foreign legal concepts that do not exist or may even be illegal into the domestic Member State’s legal order, which would result in the parallel co-existence of EU and national legal orders (spill over effect and reverse discrimination);
Amendment 52 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 61 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note that 14 Member States haven’t ratified the Istanbul Convention (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovakia and the United Kingdom) and that the Istanbul Convention is not entered in force in 50% of the EU Member States; urges the Commission to refrain from adhering to the Istanbul Convention as long as not all EU Member States have ratified this instrument in internal law;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention sets a blatantly misandric double standard by stating that the violence against men is not gender-based violence;
Amendment 68 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention characterises gender as a ‘social construct’ even if the words ‘social construct’ are not further defined, and article 3 (c) states moreover: “‘Gender’ shall mean the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men.”;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention as it provides in article 4.2 as grounds of non- discrimination: ‘sex, gender,... sexual orientation, gender identity....’; recalls that such a list does not exist in any legally binding treaty within the United Nations System or the EU acquis communautaire; recalls that - together with the social construct definition of ‘gender’, ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ - such weak definitions would solidify a greater ideological platform to declare subjective attractions as universal human rights, which has not been accepted by UN Member States and the EU acquis communautaire; recalls that the terms ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ have not been defined in a legally binding UN document or within the EU acquis communautaire;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Takes note that the Istanbul Convention remains silent on sex- selective abortion of the female foetus or violence against the unborn child, especially girls, and do not condemn surrogacy;
Amendment 74 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention because it has an extremely broad approach that goes well beyond stopping violence, because the comprehensive nature of the treaty is undoubtedly intended to be used as a tool or mechanism for social engineering of values and norms on all matters pertaining to ‘gender ideology’, and because the EU as a whole (including the Member States) is then exposed to a more aggressive attempt to bring changes to culture, traditions and religions as well as to civil and criminal laws, through the Convention text and the monitoring committee;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention as the EU would then be obliged to ‘promote changes in the social and cultural patterns of behaviour of women and men with a view to eradicating prejudices, customs and traditions.’ (Art 12.5); challenges the legitimacy of the social engineering of values and norms by supranational political institutions and its conformity with the respect of cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art 4.2 TEU;
Amendment 76 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention because, according to article 14, State Parties shall insert non-stereotyped gender roles into the formal and informal education settings at all levels of education whilst no mention is made of the prior rights of parents to educate their child according to their moral and religious conventions as stated in all International Human Rights Instruments; stresses that the EU has no competency to fulfil this request on ‘formal and informal education settings at all levels of education’;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 91 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTI people; calls for further action to push for the harmonisation of criminal law across the EU in order to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobiamen and women;
Amendment 120 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 130 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas migration is an unavoidable part of the EU’s future and one of the biggest challenges of our times, as it appeals to the EU’s international humanitarian responsibilities and forms a key element for demographic reasons;
Amendment 135 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates the fundamental right of all women to access to public health care systems, in particular to primary, gynaecological and obstetric health care as defined by the World Health Organisation;
Amendment 149 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 163 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 174 #
2016/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 203 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas violence against women is still ‘silently’ tolerated in many places and a zero tolerance approach is necessary; whereas violence against men must be highlighted as well;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas children are the future of our society and we arethe father and the mother are the first responsible for their present; whereas education is one of the best ways to impart values such as peace, tolerance, equality, justice and respect for human dignity via formal, non-formal and informal education methods, and that the main responsibility for a child's education lies in the first place with his parents;
Amendment 228 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the EU institutions have already started politically and ideologically motivated procedures to overcome the so- called ‘Copenhagen dilemma’, not only for those countries applying for EU membership but also in Member States where the enforcement of fundamental rights values should be monitored and observed in all circumstances; whereas Article 67 TEU states that the Union shall respect the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States and only the ECJ is the recognised institution to pass judgment of treaty violations by Member States;
Amendment 288 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the condemnation of the practice of surrogacy expressed in § 115 of its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2015/2229(INI)): "The EU Parliament condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments.";
Amendment 297 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls the ruling C-34/10 of the European Court of Justice that any human ovum after fertilisation constitute a ‘human embryo’; congratulates the European Citizen Initiative "One of Us" (ECI(2012)000005) for the collection of 1.721.626 signatures in support of the juridical protection of the dignity, the right to life and of the integrity of every human being from conception in the areas of EU competence in which such protection is of particular importance; regrets that the Commission refused to implement this successful European Citizen Initiative as well as the ECI "Right to water";
Amendment 302 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recalls that in implementing the specific Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters and with regard to the international legally binding human rights instruments, the EU community acquis as well as the policy competencies in this matter, Union funding should not be provided to any legal entity which promotes, supports or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation of women and men, determining foetal sex resulting in pre natal sex selection or infanticide, especially where such actions apply their priorities though psychological, social, economic or legal pressure. The Commission should present a report on the implementation of the Union’s external assistance covering family planning programmes;
Amendment 306 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to strongly condemn the practice of surrogacy in all its forms, as a violation of art. 1 (human dignity) and art. 3 (integrity of the person) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, proposing a concrete roadmap in order to prohibit surrogacy and treat it as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments, as requested by European Parliament resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (P8 TA-PROV(2015)0470);
Amendment 394 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that intercultural and inter-religious tolerance needs to be promoted via constant efforts and extensive dialogue and that the crisis arising from the waves of migration cannot be tackled without the involvement of all relevant state and non-state actors, including churches and religious organisations recognised by the Member States;
Amendment 403 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly condemns Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn for calling Hungary to be suspended or even expelled from the EU because of Hungary's correct implementation of the EU Schengen Codex which allows Member States to take control of the national border management to ensure the security of their citizens;
Amendment 598 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU andInvites the Member States to strengthen the role of human rights education in national curricula as a tool for preventing racism and related intolerance, and calls for greater rights awareness;
Amendment 628 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights that improvements are still needed to combat violence against women, and calls on the Member States and the EU to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention following the launch of the procedure by the Commission in March 2016; ; takes note that 14 Member States haven't ratified the Istanbul Convention (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovakia and the UK) and that the Istanbul Convention is not entered in force in 50% of the EU Member States; urges the Commission to refrain from adhering to the Istanbul Convention as long as not all EU Member States have ratified this instrument in internal law;
Amendment 639 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention characterises gender as a "social construct" even if the words "social construct" are not further defined, and article 3 (c) states moreover: "'Gender' shall mean the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men.";
Amendment 641 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention as it provides in article 4.2 as grounds of non- discrimination: "sex, gender,... sexual orientation, gender identity...."; recalls that such a list does not exist in any legally binding treaty within the United Nations System or the EU acquis communautaire; recalls that - together with the social construct definition of "gender", "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" - such weak definitions would solidify a greater ideological platform to declare subjective attractions as universal human rights, which has not been accepted by UN Members States and the EU acquis communautaire;
Amendment 644 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Takes note that the Istanbul Convention remains silent on sex- selective abortion of the female foetus or violence against the unborn child, especially girls, and do not condemn surrogacy;
Amendment 645 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention because it has an extremely broad approach that goes well beyond stopping violence, because the comprehensive nature of the treaty is undoubtedly intended to be used as a tool or mechanism for social engineering of values and norms on all matters pertaining to "gender ideology", and because the EU as a whole (including the Member States) is then exposed to a more aggressive attempt to bring changes to culture, traditions and religions as well as to civil and criminal laws, through the Convention text and the monitoring committee;
Amendment 646 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Stresses that the EU should not sign the Istanbul Convention because, according to article 14, State Parties shall insert non-stereotyped gender roles into the formal and informal education settings whilst no mention is made of the prior rights of parents to educate their child according to their moral and religious conventions as stated in all International Human Rights Instruments; stresses that the EU has no competency to fulfil this request on "formal and informal education settings";
Amendment 647 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Reiterates the fundamental right of all women to access to public health care systems, in particular to primary, gynaecological and obstetric health care as defined by the World Health Organisation;
Amendment 670 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 682 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. takes the position that sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, the use of women for surrogacy, and sex selected abortion must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 715 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. recalls that the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth;1a __________________ 1aGeneral Assembly Resolution 1386/XIV of 20 November 1959
Amendment 769 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. recalls that the best interests of the child should be the guiding principle of those responsible for his education and guidance, and that responsibility lies in the first place with his parents;
Amendment 773 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Recalls that the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe in cooperation with the German Federal Office for Health Education (BZgA), in its "Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe", calls for early childhood masturbation for children age 0-4 which is inappropriate;
Amendment 926 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Asks the Commission when dealing with policies in the field of equal opportunities between men and women to focus on the implementation of the existing legislation by the Member States, and emphasises the importance of exchanges of best practice in particular where Member States have exclusive competence, before considering the necessity of submitting new legislative proposals and policy tools in the field of equal opportunities;
Amendment 932 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. recalls that the EU should stop funding the global operational costs which can be up to 80% of an NGO's global budget because this controversial funding distorts the principle of equal opportunities between NGOs ; recalls that so-called "operating grants" are not linked to any specific project or activity of the receiving NGO but can be freely used to pay salaries, office rent and telephone costs, travel expenses etc.;
Amendment 936 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that civil society organisations, including volunteering and youth work, play a key role in social participation and calls on the EU and the Member States to support and to promote their work; recalls that the principle "He who pays the piper calls the tune" applies also for the EU funding policy for NGOs because the EU funding policy obliges NGOs to advertise and legitimise the Commission's activities as well as to promote and legitimise themselves; recalls that by this procedure the EU Commission creates a "Muppet civil society";
Amendment 946 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44 a. invites the competent national authorities to verify if an NGO can keep its legal status as "non-governmental" or "registered association" when its annual budget is mainly established through public funds (i.e. local regional or national authorities, a foreign government, or the EU) ;
Amendment 956 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. reiterates its position that - in line with the EU Leitmotif "United in Diversity" and article 67 TFEU which states that the Union shall respect the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States - cross border civil status issues are uniquely related to Member States' family laws, which reflect Member States' values; recognises that public policy exemptions safeguard the right of Member States to protect their fundamental values as expressed in their substantive family laws and they shield against the import of foreign legal concepts that do not exist or may even be illegal into the domestic Member State's legal order, which would result in the parallel co-existence of EU and national legal orders (spill over effect and reverse discrimination);
Amendment 968 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)
Paragraph 46 b (new)
46 b. Emphasises that the comprehensive policy on fundamental rights must respect the competences of the European Union, of its agencies, and of Member States;
Amendment 970 #
2016/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 c (new)
Paragraph 46 c (new)
46 c. Recalls that the freedom to express and display one's beliefs and opinions in keeping with the principle of pluralism of ideas, and provided that it does not incite to violence, should be respected;
Amendment 28 #
2016/0414(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission proposal;
Amendment 73 #
Amendment 34 #
Amendment 13 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 161 a (new)
Recital 161 a (new)
(161 a) Funding of political parties should be conducted in a neutral and fair manner without prejudice to the goals, views and values of the political parties.
Amendment 31 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 215 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 215 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The application of equal treatment shall be without prejudice to the goals, views and values of the political parties.
Amendment 117 #
Amendment 121 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In the 2016 Hungarian migrant quota referendum an overwhelming majority (98.36%) voted against obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens into Hungary;
Amendment 122 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The enforcement of mandatory immigration quotas upon the Member States is not only a highly controversial and contentious issue but an affront to the sovereignty of the Member States; this issue should be based on voluntary acceptance rather than mandated by the Union; each Member State should decide which and how many refugees it will take; therefore the proposal shall be appropriately revised so as to be voluntary rather mandatory;
Amendment 139 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such aA mandatory framework is a n unnecessary part of a wellpoorly-managed migration policy to reduce divergences among national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large- scale irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby reducing the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States' asylum systems, be an expression of solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, help achieve Union's foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union's leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countrienforce harmonisation among national resettlement practices and procedures.
Amendment 147 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 157 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 173 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 181 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The resettlement procedure should be concluded as soon as possible in order to discourage persons in need of international protection to use irregular ways to enter the European Union to seek protection. At the same time it should ensure that participating Member States have sufficient time for a full and adequate examination of each case. The time-limits should correspond to what is necessary to make the different types of assessment foreseen for the ordinary and expedited procedure.
Amendment 187 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Any personal data collected for the purpose of the resettlement procedure should be stored for a maximum period of five years from the date of resettlement. Given that third-country nationals or stateless persons who have already been resettled by one Member State or who during the last five years refused to resettle to a Member State should be excluded from resettlement to another Member State, that period should be considered a necessary period for the storage of personal details, including fingerprints and facial imagesduration in accordance with the laws, regulations and interests of the voluntary host Member State.
Amendment 192 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 198 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 203 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council for establishing the annual Union resettlement plan, fixrecommending the maximum total number of persons to be resettled, the details about the participation of those Member States inwho accept the plan and their voluntary contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled, as well as overall geographical priorities.
Amendment 213 #
2016/0225(COD)
Amendment 223 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Resettled persons should be granted international protection. Accordingly, the provisions on the content of international protection contained in the asylum acquis should apply as of the moment when resettled persons arrive on the territory of the participating Member States, including the rules to discourage secondary movement of beneficiaries of international protection.
Amendment 225 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 227 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Given the expertise of UNHCR in facilitating the different forms of admission of persons in need of international protection from third countries, to which they have been displaced, to participating Member States willing to admit them, UNHCR should continue to play a key role in resettlement efforts conducted under the Union Resettlement Framework. In addition to UNHCR, other international actors such as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) should be called upon to assist participating Member States in the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework.
Amendment 231 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) [The European Union Agency for Asylum] should assist Member Statesthose participating Member State who request its assistance in the implementation of Union Resettlement Framework in accordance with its mandate.
Amendment 237 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Resettlement efforts by the participating Member States under this Regulation should be supported by appropriate funding from the Union's budget. To enable a proper and sustainable functioning of the resettlement schemes amendments are necessary to Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 . _________________ 36 Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150, 20.05.2014, p. 168).
Amendment 239 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) This Regulation does not affect the ability of the Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes, which do not jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives under this Regulation, for example where they contribute an additional number of resettlement places to targeted Unboth the participating and non- participating Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes established under this Regulation going beyond their contribution to the maximum number of persons to be resettled under the annual Union resettlement plan.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Any processing of personal data by the authorities of the participating Member States within the framework of this Regulation should be conducted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
Amendment 249 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a Union Resettlement Framework for the admission of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the participating Member States with a view to granting them international protection.
Amendment 255 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of this Regulation 'resettlement' means the admission of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection from a third country to which or within which they have been displaced to the territory of the participating Member States with a view to granting them international protection.
Amendment 258 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For the purposes of this Regulation 'participating Member States' refers to those Member States who have consented to participate voluntarily in the Union Resettlement Framework.
Amendment 261 #
2016/0225(COD)
It lays down rules on the resettlement of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the participating Member States.
Amendment 265 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) provide for the legal and safe arrival of third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to the territory of the participating Member States;
Amendment 268 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 333 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) third-country nationals and stateless persons who fall within at least one of the following categories and meet the criteria set out in point (a) of the first subparagraph:
Amendment 343 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 6
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 6
Amendment 360 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 4
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 4
Amendment 370 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Participating Member States shallmay ensure that family unity can be maintained between persons referred to in point (b)(ii).
Amendment 381 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) they have committed a serious crime;
Amendment 431 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) details about the participation of the participating Member States in the annual Union resettlement plan and their contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled;
Amendment 442 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the maximum total 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 participating Member States in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;
Amendment 448 #
2016/0225(COD)
(d) where necessary, local coordination and practical cooperation arrangements among participating Member States, supported by the [European Union Agency for Asylum] in accordance with Article 12(3), and with third countries, and UNHCR or other partners;
Amendment 453 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 460 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When implementing a targeted Union resettlement scheme, participating Member States shall identify third-country nationals or stateless persons and assess whether those third- country nationals or stateless persons fall within the scope of a targeted Union resettlement scheme.
Amendment 462 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Member States may give preference inter alia to third-country nationals or stateless persons within line with their own interests, values, and laws:
Amendment 463 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Participating Member States may give preference inter alia to third-country nationals or stateless persons with:
Amendment 468 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. After identifying third-country nationals or stateless persons, participating Member States shall register the following information of those for whom they intend to conduct the resettlement procedure:
Amendment 475 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Participating Member States shall assess whether the third-country nationals or the stateless persons referred to in paragraph 2 meet the eligibility criteria set out in Article 5 and whether they are not excluded in accordance with Article 6(1).
Amendment 476 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Participating Member States shall make that assessment in particular on the basis of documentary evidence, including, where applicable, information from UNHCR on whether the third-country nationals or the stateless persons qualify as refugees or on the basis of a personal interview or a combination of both.
Amendment 479 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Participating Member States shall take a decision on the resettlement of third- country nationals or stateless persons on the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 3 as soon as possible and not later than eight months from their registration. Participating Member States may extend that time-limit of eight months by a period of not more than four months, where complex issues of fact or law are involved.
Amendment 485 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 487 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Upon expiry of that period, participating Member States shallmay erase the data. Participating Member States shall erase data relating to a person who has acquired citizenship of any Member State before the expiry of that period as soon as the Member State becomes aware that the person concerned has acquired such citizenship.
Amendment 500 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. For the purpose of implementing the ordinary procedure, prior to identifying third-country nationals or stateless persons, participating Member States may request UNHCR, or where applicable, [the European Union Agency for Asylum] or relevant international bodies to refer to them third- country nationals or stateless persons in relation to whom those entities have fully assessed:
Amendment 501 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 2
Participating Member States may also request UNHCR to fully assess whether third-country nationals or stateless persons referred to them by UNHCR qualify as refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the 1951 Geneva Convention.
Amendment 502 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 3
Participating Member States may also request that inter alia the criteria set out in points (a) to (c) of paragraph 1 be taken into account.
Amendment 505 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 512 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) shall take a decision on resettlement as soon as possible and not later than four months from a third-country national's registration referred to in Article 10(2); the participating Member States may extend that time-limit of four months by a period of not more than two months, where complex issues of fact or law are involved.
Amendment 520 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. To facilitate the implementation of the targeted Union resettlement schemes, participating Member States shall appoint national contact points and may decide to appoint liaison officers in third countries.
Amendment 521 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. [The European Union Agency for Asylum] may support Member Statesparticipating Member States that request it, including by coordinating technical cooperation between them, assisting them in the implementation of targeted Union resettlement schemes and facilitating the sharing of infrastructure in accordance with [Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (EU Asylum Agency Regulation)39 ]. _________________ 39 OJ L […], […], p. […].
Amendment 522 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. To implement targeted Union resettlement schemes, and in particular to conduct pre-departure orientation programmes, fit-to-travel medical checks, travel arrangements and other practical arrangements, participating Member States may be assisted by partners in accordance with local coordination and practical cooperation arrangements for targeted Union resettlement schemes established in accordance with point (d) of Article 8(2).
Amendment 525 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. A High-Level Resettlement Committee shall be established, composed of representatives of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the participating Member States. [The European Union Agency for Asylum,] UNHCR, and IOM may be invited. Representatives of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland shall be invited to attend the meetings of the High-Level Resettlement Committee where they have indicated their intention to be associated with the implementation of the annual Union resettlement plan.
Amendment 529 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The High-Level Resettlement Committee shall be chaired by the Commission. It shall meet whenever necessary at the invitation of the Commission or at a request of a participating Member State and shall meet at least once a year.
Amendment 533 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each participating Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201640 . _________________ 40 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 538 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 540 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 542 #
2016/0225(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 212 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) This Regulation should apply to applications for international protection in a procedure where it is examined whether the applicants qualify as beneficiaries of international protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Qualification Regulation). In addition to the international protection, the Member States may also grant under their national law other national humanitarian statuses to those who do not qualify for the refugee status or subsidiary protection status. In order to streamline the procedures in Member States, the Member States should have the possibility to apply this Regulation also to applications for any kind of such other protection.
Amendment 224 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the interests of a correct recognition of those persons in need of protection as refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention or as persons eligible for subsidiary protection, every applicant should have an effective access to the procedure, the opportunity to cooperate and properly communicate with the responsible authorities so as to present the relevant facts of his or her case and sufficient procedural guarantees to pursue his or her case throughout all stages of the procedure.
Amendment 262 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Access to the common procedure should be based on a three-step approach consisting of the making, registering and lodging of an application. Making an application is the first step that triggers the application of this Regulation. A third- country national or stateless person is considered to have made an application when expressing a wish to receive international protection from a Member State. Such a wish may be expressed in any form and the individual applicant need not necessarily use specific words such as international protection, or asylum or subsidiary protection. The defining element should be the expression by the third county national or the stateless person of a fear of persecution or serious harm upon return to his or her country of origin, or in the case of a stateless person, to his or her country of former habitual residence. In case of doubt whether a certain declaration may be construed as an application for international protection, the third-country national or stateless person should be expressly asked whether he or she wishes to receive international protection. The applicant should benefit from rights under this Regulation and Directive XXX/XXX/EU (Reception Conditions Directive)27 as soon as he or she makes an application. _________________ 27OJ L […], […], p. […]. 27 OJ L […], […], p. […].
Amendment 428 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) With respect to the withdrawal of refugee or subsidiary protection status, and in particular in view of the regular status review to be carried out on the basis of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Qualification Regulation), Member States should ensure that persons benefiting from international protection are duly informed of a possible reconsideration of their status and that they are given the opportunity to submit their point of view, within a reasonable time, by means of a written statement and in a personal interview, before the authorities can take a reasoned decision to withdraw their status.
Amendment 431 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) Decisions taken on an application for international protection, including the decisions concerning the explicit or implicit withdrawal of an application, and the decisions on the withdrawal of refugee or subsidiary protection status should be subject to an effective remedy before a court or tribunal in compliance with all requirements and conditions laid down in Article 47 of the Charter. To ensure the effectiveness of the procedure, the applicant should lodge his or her appeal within a set time-limit. For the applicant to be able to meet those time- limits and with a view to ensuring effective access to judicial review, he or she should be able to be assisted by an interpreter as well as be entitled to free legal assistance and representation.
Amendment 488 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 489 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 492 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 'application for international protection' or 'application' means a request made by a third-country national or a stateless person for protection from a Member State, who can be understood as seeking refugee status or subsidiary protection status;
Amendment 507 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) 'final decision' means a decision on whether or not a third-country national or stateless person is granted refugee status or subsidiary protection status by virtue of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Qualification Regulation), including a decision rejecting the application as inadmissible or a decision rejecting an application as explicitly withdrawn or abandoned and which can no longer be subject to an appeal procedure in the Member State concerned;
Amendment 517 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) 'withdrawal of international protection' means the decision by a determining authority to revoke, end or refuse to renew refugee status or subsidiary protection status of a person;
Amendment 591 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
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 where he or she may be reached by the determining authority or other responsible authorities. He or she shall immediately 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.
Amendment 628 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The determining authority shall provide applicants with the services of an interpreter for submitting their case to the determining authority as well as to courts or tribunals whenever appropriate communication cannot be ensured without such services. The interpretation services shall be paid for from public funds unless the applicant has sufficient resources.
Amendment 638 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The determining authority shallmay provide applicants with the opportunity to communicate with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or with any other organisation providing legal advice or other counselling to applicants in accordance with national law.
Amendment 650 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The right to remain shall not constitute an entitlement to a residence permit and it shall not give the applicant the right to travel to the territory of other Member States without authorisation as referred to in Article 6 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU (Reception Conditions Directive).
Amendment 799 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
Amendment 801 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 876 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The medical examination shall be carried out by qualified medical professionals. Member States may designate the medical professionals who may carry out such medical examinations. Those medical examinations shall be paid for from public funds unless the applicant has sufficient resources.
Amendment 888 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 914 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. The refusal by the unaccompanied minors or their guardians to carry out the medical examination may only be considered as a rebuttable presumption that the applicant is not a minor and it shall not prevent the determining authority from taking a decision on the application for international protection.
Amendment 1134 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. Where an application is rejected as inadmissible, as unfounded with regard to refugee status or subsidiary protection status, as explicitly withdrawn or as abandoned, the reasons in fact and in law shall be stated in the decision. Information on how to challenge a decision refusing to grant international protection shall be given in writing, unless otherwise already provided to the applicant.
Amendment 1167 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. When examining an application on the merits, the determining authority shall take a decision on whether the applicant qualifies as a refugee and, if not, it shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for subsidiary protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Qualification Regulation).
Amendment 1515 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Article 53 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1523 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Applicants shallmay lodge appeals against any decision referred to in paragraph 1:
Amendment 1533 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) within two weeks in the case of a decision rejecting an application as inadmissible or in the case of a decision rejecting an application as explicitly withdrawn or as abandoned, or in the case of a decision rejecting an application as unfounded or manifestly unfounded in relation to refugee or subsidiary protection status following an accelerated examination procedure or border procedure or while the applicant is held in detention;
Amendment 1539 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 53 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) within one month in the case of a decision rejecting an application as unfounded in relation to the refugee or subsidiary protection status if the examination is not accelerated or in the case of a decision withdrawing international protection.
Amendment 1548 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1556 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Article 54 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1560 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 4
Article 54 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1564 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 5
Article 54 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1568 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) within six months in the case of a decision rejecting the application as unfounded in relation to refugee or subsidiary protection status if the examination is not accelerated or in the case of a decision withdrawing international protection;
Amendment 1570 #
2016/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) within two months in the case of a decision rejecting an application as inadmissible or in the case of a decision rejecting an application as explicitly withdrawn or as abandoned or as unfounded or manifestly unfounded in relation to refugee or subsidiary protection status following an accelerated examination procedure or a border procedure or while the applicant is held in detention;
Amendment 98 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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–
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents.
Amendment 99 #
2016/0223(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 100 #
2016/0223(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 102 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 107 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 111 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 116 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 150 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter). In particular this Regulation seeks to ensure full respect for human dignity and the right to asylum of applicants for asylum and their accompanying family members and to promote the application of the Charter's Articles relating to human dignity, respect for private and family life, freedom of expression and information, right to education, freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in work, freedom to conduct a business, right to asylum, non-discrimination, rights of the child, social security and social assistance, health care, and should therefore be implemented accordingly.
Amendment 205 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Committing a political crime is not in principle a ground justifying exclusion from refugee status. However, in accordance with relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, particularly cruel actions, where the act in question is disproportionate to the alleged political objective, and terrorist acts which are characterised by their violence towards civilian populations, even if committed with a purportedly political objective, should be regarded as non- political crimes and therefore can give rise tocould be grounds for justifying exclusion from refugee status.
Amendment 209 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 211 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
Amendment 212 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 230 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) With a view to ascertaining whether beneficiaries of international protection are still in need of that protection, determining authorities should review the granted status when the residence permit has to be renewed, for the first time in the case of refugees, and for the first and second time in the case of beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, as well as when a significant relevant change in the beneficiaries' country of origin occurs as indicated by common analysis and guidance on the situation in the country of origin provided at Union level by the Agency and the European networks on country of origin information in accordance with Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation37 . _________________ 37 COM(2016)271 final.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) When the refugee status or the subsidiary protection status ceases to exist, the application of the decision by which the determining authority of a Member State revokes, ends or does not renew the status should be deferred for a reasonable period of time after adoption, in order to give the third-country national or stateless person concerned the possibility to apply for residence on the basis of other grounds than those having justified the granting of international protection, such as family reasons, or reasons related to employment or to education, in accordance with relevant Union and national law.
Amendment 282 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) In order to facilitate the integration of beneficiaries of international protection into society, beneficiaries of international protection shallmay have access to integration measures, modalities to be set by the Member States. Member States may make the participation in such integration measures that it determines fit, such as language courses, civic integration courses, vocational training and other employment- related courses compulsory.
Amendment 291 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 303 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘international protection’ means refugee status and subsidiary protection status as defined in points (4) and (6);
Amendment 304 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘beneficiary of international protection’ means a person who has been granted refugee status or subsidiary protection status as defined in points (4) and (6);
Amendment 306 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Amendment 307 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘application for international protection’ means a request made by a third-country national or a stateless person for protection from a Member State, who can be understood to seek refugee status or subsidiary protection status
Amendment 331 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘withdrawal of international protection’ means the decision by a competent authority to revoke, end or refuse to renew the refugee or subsidiary protection status;
Amendment 356 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The fact that an applicant has already been subject to persecution or serious harm, or to direct threats of such persecution or such harm in his or her country of origin, shall be considered a serious indication of the applicant’s well- founded fear of persecution or real risk of suffering serious harm, unless there are good reasons to consider that such persecution or serious harm will not be repeated.
Amendment 360 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Where aspects of the applicant’s statements are not supported by documentary or other evidence, no additional evidence shallmay be required in respect of those aspects where the following conditions are not met:
Amendment 361 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 371 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A well-founded fear of being persecuted or a real risk of suffering serious harm may only be based on events which have taken place since the applicant left the country of origin.
Amendment 372 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 424 #
2016/0223(COD)
Amendment 425 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 426 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 427 #
2016/0223(COD)
Amendment 429 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 454 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) he or she absconds outside the jurisdiction of their host Member State
Amendment 468 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) he or she absconds outside the jurisdiction of their host Member State
Amendment 506 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) he or she absconds outside the jurisdiction of their host Member State
Amendment 540 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the death penalty or execution in the country of origin; or
Amendment 541 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of an applicant in the country of origin; or
Amendment 544 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 557 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 567 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) he or she absconds outside the jurisdiction of their host Member State
Amendment 575 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 576 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 606 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Refugees and persons who have been granted subsidiary protection status shall have the rights and obligations laid down in this Chapter. This Chapter shall be without prejudice to the rights and obligations laid down in the Geneva Convention.
Amendment 624 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) he or she absconds outside the jurisdiction of their host Member State
Amendment 630 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The competent authorities shall provide beneficiaries of international protection with information on the rights and obligations relating to refugee status or subsidiary protection status, as soon as possible after that has been granted. That information shall be provided in a language that the beneficiary can understand or is reasonably supposed to understand and shall make explicit references to the consequences of not complying with the obligations outlined in Article 28 on movement within the Union.
Amendment 675 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) where the residence permit holder absconds outside the jurisdiction of their host Member State
Amendment 697 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Beneficiaries of international protection shall not have the right to reside in Member States other than the one which granted protection. This is without prejudice to their right to apply and be admitted to reside in other Member States pursuant to relevant provisions of Union and national law and their right to move freely in accordance with the conditions of Article 21 of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement.
Amendment 728 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. For beneficiaries of subsidiary protection status Member States may limit social assistance to core benefits.
Amendment 761 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the integration of beneficiaries of international protection into society, beneficiaries of international protection shallmay have access to integration measures provided by the Member States, in particularsuch as language courses, civic orientation and integration programs and vocational training which take into account their specific needs.
Amendment 772 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Assistance shallmay be provided to beneficiaries of international protection who wish to be repatriated.
Amendment 797 #
2016/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties. Member States may refuse to enforce laws, regulations and administrative provisions transposed that they deem to be in violation of the principle of subsidiarity or the spirit of the treaties.
Amendment 53 #
Amendment 67 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Standard cConditions for the reception of applicants that will suffice to ensure them a dignified standard of living and comparable living conditions in all Member States should be laid down. The harmonisation of conditions for the reception of applicants should help to limit the secondary movements of applicants influenced by the variety of conditions for their receptionare determined by the Member States. These conditions are not to be harmonised in respect of the principle of subsidiarity. Furthermore, diversity in reception conditions is recognised as a result of different priorities within each Member States budget.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Harmonised EUnion rules on the documents to be issued to applicants in order to make it more difficult for applicants to move in an unauthorised manner within the Union can only be adopted if permanent border controls are reinstated. It needs to be clarified that Member States should only provide applicants with a travel document when serious humanitarian or other imperative reasons arise. The validity of travel documents should also be limited to the purpose and duration needed for the reason for which they are issued. Serious humanitarian reasons could for instance be considered when an applicant needs to travel to another State for medical treatment or to visit relatives in particular cases, such as for visits to close relatives who are seriously ill, or to attend marriages or funerals of close relatives. Other imperative reasons could include situations where applicants who have been granted access to the labour market are required to perform essential travel for work purposes, where applicants are required to travel as part of study curricula or where minors are travelling with foster families.
Amendment 141 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. ‘family members’: means family members as defined in Article [2(9)] of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX29 [Qualification Regulation]; __________________ 29a spouse of an applicant, an applicant’s direct issue, and, in the case of unaccompanied minors, their parents; OJ C […], […], p. […].
Amendment 148 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
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, frail elderly people, pregnant women, single parents with minor children, victims of human trafficking, persons with serious illnesses, persons with mental disorders and persons who have been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence, such as victims of female genital mutilation serious violence.
Amendment 151 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(1) This Directive applies to all third- country nationals and stateless persons who enter a Member State via the external border and make an application for international protection on the territory, including at theat its external border, in theits territorial sea or in theits transit zones of the Member States, as long as they are allowed to remain on the territory of that Member State as applicants, as well as to family members, if they are covered by such application forenjoy international protection according to international law.
Amendment 160 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay inform applicants, as soon as possible and at the latest when they are lodging their application for international protection, of any established benefits and of the obligations with which they must comply relating to reception conditions. They shallmay point out in the information provided that the applicant is not entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17 of this Directive as stated in Article 17a of the same Directive in any Member State other than where he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation].
Amendment 163 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shallmay ensure that applicants are provided with information on organisations or groups of persons that provide specific legal assistance and organisations that might be able to help or inform them concerning the available reception conditions, including health care.
Amendment 167 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 is in writing using a standard template which shall be developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum and in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. Where necessary, this information shall also be supplied orally and adapted to the needs of minors.
Amendment 177 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(1) Applicants may move freely within the territory of the host Member State or within an area assigned to them by that Member State. The assigned area shall not affect the unalienable sphere of private life and shall allow sufficient scope for guaranteeing access to all benefirights under this Directive.
Amendment 184 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) public interest, public security or public order;
Amendment 209 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where there are reasons for considering that there is a risk that an applicant may abscond, Member States shallmay, where necessary, require the applicant to report to the competent authorities, or to appear before them in person, either without delay or at a specified time as frequently as necessary to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding.
Amendment 212 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay provide for the possibility of granting applicants temporary permission to leave their place of residence or assigned area. Decisions shall be taken objectively and impartially on the merits of the individual case and reasons shall be given if they are negative.
Amendment 215 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shallmay require applicants to inform the competent authorities of their current place of residence or address or a telephone number where they may be reached and notify any change of telephone number or address to such authorities as soon as possible.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
(6) Member States may make provision of the material reception conditions subject to actual residence by the applicantsgenuine compliance by applicants with the requirements laid down for them, in particular, for instance, residence in a specific place.
Amendment 224 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 8
Article 7 – paragraph 8
(8) Member States shall state reasons in fact and, where relevant, in law in any decision taken in accordance with this Article. Applicants shall be immediately informed in writing, in a language which they understand or are reasonably supposed to understand, of the adoption of such a decision, of the procedures for challenging the decision in accordance with Article 25 and of the consequences of non- compliance with the obligations imposed by the decision. Applicants may be asked to make an appropriate contribution towards the cost of any translation required.
Amendment 232 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
(3) An applicant may be detained onlyin particular:
Amendment 284 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take appropriatsuitable measures to maintain as far as possibleensure that an applicant and his or her family unity amembers present within their territory remain together, as far as possible, if applicants are provided with housing by the Member State concerned. Such measures shall be implemented with the applicant’s agreement.
Amendment 285 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States may require medical screening for applicants, in particular on public health grounds.
Amendment 288 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay grant to minor children of applicants and to applicants who are minors access to the education system under similar conditions as their own naappropriate conditionals for so long as an expulsion measure against them or their parents is not actually enforced. Such education may be provided in accommodation centres.
Amendment 289 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shallmay not withdraw from secondary education for the sole reason that the minor has reached the age of majority.
Amendment 290 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Access to the education system shallmay not be postponed for more than three months from the date on which the application for international protection was lodged by or on behalf of the minor.
Amendment 301 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay ensure that applicants have access to the labour market no later than 6six months from the date when the application for international protection was lodged if an administrative decision by the competent authority has not been taken and the delay cannot be attributed to the applicant.
Amendment 316 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Member States shallmay provide applicants with equal treatment withto that of nationals as regards:
Amendment 337 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Access to the labour market shallmay not be withdrawn during appeals procedures, where an appeal against a negative decision in a regular procedure has suspensive effect, until such time aswhen a negative decision on the appeal is notified.
Amendment 339 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where applicants have been granted access to the labour market in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shallmay ensure that the applicant's document as referred to in Article [29] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] state that the applicant has permission to take up gainful employment.
Amendment 349 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay ensure that material reception conditions are available to applicants from the moment they make their application for international protection in accordance with Article [25] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation].
Amendment 350 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay ensure that material reception conditions provide an adequate standard of living for applicants, which guarantees their subsistence and protects their physical and mental health.
Amendment 353 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shallmay ensure that that standard of living is met in the specific situation of applicants with special reception needs as well as in relation to the situation of persons who are in detention.
Amendment 366 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
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 shallmay observe the principle of proportionality. Member States shallmay 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 shallmay 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.
Amendment 370 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. Where Member States provide material reception conditions in the form of financial allowances or vouchers, the amount thereof shall be determined on the basis of the level(s) established by the Member State concerned either by law or by the practice to ensure adequate standards of living for nationals. Member States may grant less favourable treatment to applicants compared with nationals in this respect, in particular where material support is partially provided in kind or where those level(s), applied for nationals, aim to ensure a standard of living higher than that prescribed for applicants under this Directive. Member States shallmay inform the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum of the levels of reference applied by national law or practice with a view to determining the level of financial assistance provided to applicants in accordance with this paragraph.
Amendment 371 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Without prejudice to any specific conditions of detention as provided for in Articles 10 and 11, in relation to housing referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) of this Article Member States shallmay ensure that:
Amendment 375 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shallmay take into consideration gender and age-specific concerns and the situation of applicants with special reception needs when providing material reception conditions.
Amendment 378 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmay take appropriate measures to prevent assault and gender-based violence, including sexual assault and harassment when providing accommodation.
Amendment 380 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shallmay ensure, as far as possible, that dependent adult applicants with special reception needs are accommodated together with close adult relatives who are already present in the same Member State and who are responsible for them whether by law or by the practice of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 381 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shallmay ensure that transfers of applicants from one housing facility to another take place only when necessary. Member States shall provide for the possibility for applicants to inform their legal advisers or counsellors of the transfer and of their new address.
Amendment 403 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17a – paragraph 2
Article 17a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay ensure a dignified standard of living for all applicants.
Amendment 408 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay ensure that applicants, irrespective of where they are required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation], receive the necessary health care which shall include, at least, emergency care and essential treatment of illnesses, including of serious mental disorders.
Amendment 413 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay provide necessary medical or other assistance to applicants who have special reception needs, including appropriate mental health care where needed.
Amendment 448 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmay ensure that material reception conditions are not replaced, withdrawn or reduced before a decision is taken in accordance with paragraph 3.
Amendment 454 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to effectively implement Article 20, Member States shallmay systematically assess whether the applicant is an applicant with special reception needs. Member States shallmay also indicate the nature of such needs.
Amendment 458 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
That assessment shallmay be initiated as early as possible after an application for international protection is made and may be integrated into existing national procedures or into the assessment referred to in Article [19] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation]. Member States shallmay 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.
Amendment 459 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shallmay ensure that the support provided to applicants with special reception needs in accordance with this Directive takes into account their special reception needs throughout the duration of the asylum procedure and shall provide for appropriate monitoring of their situation.
Amendment 460 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, Member States shallmay ensure that the personnel of the authorities referred to in Article 26:
Amendment 467 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration for Member States when implementing the provisions of this Directive that involve minors. Member States shallmay ensure a standard of living adequate for the minor’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.
Amendment 473 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shallmay ensure that minors have access to leisure activities, including play and recreational activities appropriate to their age within the premises and accommodation centres referred to in Article 17(1)(a) and (b) and to open-air activities.
Amendment 475 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmay ensure access to rehabilitation services for minors who have been victims of any form of abuse, neglect, exploitation, torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, or who have suffered from armed conflicts, and ensure that appropriate mental health care is developed and qualified counselling is provided when needed.
Amendment 477 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shallmay ensure that minor children of applicants or applicants who are minors are lodged with their parents or with the adult responsible for them and their unmarried minor siblings whether by law or by the practice of the Member State concerned, provided it is in the best interests of the minors concerned.
Amendment 485 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay 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 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.
Amendment 491 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shallmay ensure that a guardian is not placed in charge of a disproportionate number of unaccompanied minors at the same time that would render him or her unable to perform his or her tasks effectively. Member States shallmay appoint entities or persons responsible for monitoring at regular intervals that guardians perform their tasks in a satisfactory manner. Those entities or persons shall also have the competence to review complaints lodged by unaccompanied minors against their guardian.
Amendment 499 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay ensure that persons who have been subjected to gender-based harm, torture, rape or other serious acts of violence receive the necessary treatment for the damage caused by such acts, in particular access to appropriate medical and psychological treatment or care.
Amendment 518 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Each Member State shallmay notify the Commission of the authorities responsible for fulfilling the obligations arising under this Directive. Member States shall inform the Commission of any changes in the identity of such authorities.
Amendment 519 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay, with due respect to their constitutional structure, put in place relevant mechanisms in order to ensure that appropriate guidance, monitoring and control of the level of reception conditions are established. Member States shall take into account [operational standards on reception conditions and indicators developed by the European Asylum Support Office / the European Union Agency for Asylum] and any other reception conditions operational standards, indicators or guidelines established in accordance with Article [12] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum].
Amendment 527 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shallmay draw up a contingency plan setting out the planned measures to be taken to ensure an adequate reception of applicants in accordance with this Directive in cases where the Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applicants for international protection. The applicants for international protection are to be understood as those required to be present on its territory, including those for whom the Member State is responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation], taking into account the corrective allocation mechanism outlined in Chapter VII of that Regulation.
Amendment 532 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay take appropriate measures to ensure that authorities and other organisations implementing this Directive have received the necessary training with respect to the needs of both male and female applicants. To that end, Member States shall integrate the European asylum curriculum developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum into the training of their personnel in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum]applicants.
Amendment 534 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall allocate the necessary resourcesresources to the degree they deem necessary in connection with the national law implementing this Directive.
Amendment 539 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Member States shallmay at the request of the Commission send the necessary information for drawing up the report by [two years after the entry into force of this Directive] and every five years thereafter.
Amendment 542 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall refuse to transpose laws, regulations and administrative provisions that they deem to be in violation of the principle of subsidiarity or the spirit of the treaties.
Amendment 543 #
2016/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall refuse to enforce laws, regulations and administrative provisions transposed that they deem to be in violation of the principle of subsidiarity or the spirit of the treaties.
Amendment 132 #
2016/0221(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 345/2013
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – indent 1
- the undertaking is not admitted to trading on a regulated market or on a multilateral trading facility (MTF) as defined in points (21) and (22) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and the Council*, and employs up to 4999 persons;
Amendment 134 #
2016/0221(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 345/2013
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i – indent 2
- the undertaking is a small and medium-sized enterprise as defined in point (12) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU whichor is listed on a SME growth market as defined in point (13) of Article 4(1) of that Directive.”
Amendment 57 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 60 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 134 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point g
(g) providers engaged primarily and professionally in exchange services between virtual currencies and fiat currencies;
Amendment 135 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point h
Amendment 170 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 3 – point 18
Article 3 – point 18
Amendment 206 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – point i
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the payment instrument is not reloadable, or has a maximum monthly payment transactions limit of EUR 1250 which can be used only in that Member State;
Amendment 209 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – point i
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the maximum amount stored electronically does not exceed EUR 1250;
Amendment 213 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 358 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 32 a – paragraph 1
Article 32 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place automated centralised mechanisms, such as central registries or central electronic data retrieval systems, which allow the identification, in a timely manner, of any natural or legal persons holding or controlling payment accounts as defined in Directive 2007/64/EC and bank accounts held by a credit institution within their territory. Member States shall notify the Commission of the characteristics of those national mechanisms.
Amendment 359 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 32 a – paragraph 2
Article 32 a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the information held in the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 is directly accessible, at national level, to FIUs and competent authorities for fulfilling their obligations under this Directive. Member States shall ensure that any FIU is able to provide information held in the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 to any other FIUs in a timely manner in accordance with Article 53.
Amendment 360 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 32 a – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 32 a – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The following information shall be accessible and searchable through the centralised mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1:
Amendment 387 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Amendment 394 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 49
Article 49
Member States shall ensure that policy makers, the FIUs, supervisors and other competent authorities involved in AML/CFT, such as tax authorities, have effective mechanisms to enable them to cooperate and coordinate domestically concerning the development and implementation of policies and activities to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, including with a view to fulfilling their obligation under Article 7.
Amendment 395 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 50 a
Article 50 a
Amendment 407 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 57
Article 57
Amendment 425 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 65 – paragraph 2
Article 65 – paragraph 2
Amendment 440 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/101/EC
Article 7 b
Article 7 b
Amendment 443 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/101/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
Amendment 446 #
2016/0208(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/101/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 3
Article 7 b – paragraph 3
Amendment 12 #
Amendment 22 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Supporting security sector actors, including the military under exceptional circumstances, in third countries in a conflict prevention, crisis management or stabilisation context is essential to ensure appropriate conditions for poverty eradication and development. Those actions are particularly necessary to ensure the protection of civilian populations in the areas affected by conflict, crises or fragility. Good governance and effective democratic control and civilian oversight of the security system, including the military, as well as compliance with human rights and the rule of law principles are essential attributes of a well-functioning State in any context, and should be promoted through a wider security sector reform support to third countries.
Amendment 31 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 45 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No. 230/2014
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a
Where Union assistance is provided to the security sector actors, this may alsonot include military actors under exceptional circumstances as provided for in Article 3a, in particular in the context of a wider security sector reform process and/or capacity building in support of security and development in third countries, in line with the overarching objective of achieving sustainable developmentany circumstances.
Amendment 54 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 1
Article 3a – paragraph 1
1. In order to contribute to sustainable development and in particular the achievement of stable, peaceful and inclusive societies, Union assistance under this Regulation mayshall not be used to build the capacity of military actors in partner countries, under the exceptional circumstances as set out in paragraph 3 of this Articleany circumstances.
Amendment 55 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 2
Article 3a – paragraph 2
Amendment 64 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 3
Article 3a – paragraph 3
Amendment 86 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3a – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) training which is solely designed to contribute to the fighting capacity of the armed forces.
Amendment 100 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 107 #
2016/0207(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The number ‘2 338 719 000’ is replaced by ‘2 438 719 000’.
Amendment 6 #
2016/0182(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 7 #
2016/0182(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Transparency Register, which lists the beneficiaries of the foreseen subsidies under Identification numbers 37943526882-24 and 24633926420-79,
Amendment 8 #
2016/0182(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the European Parliamentary Research Service, which is the Parliament's in-house research department and think tank,
Amendment 9 #
2016/0182(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), which provides professional and targeted policy advice to the President of the Commission and the College,
Amendment 10 #
2016/0182(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission proposal at first reading;
Amendment 11 #
2016/0182(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliamentscall on the Commission to withdraw the proposal, and, if the Commission does so, to declare the procedure closed and inform the Council accordingly.
Amendment 112 #
Amendment 113 #
2016/0133(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 114 #
2016/0133(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 120 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 130 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The European Union Agency for Asylum should provide adequate support in the implementation of this Regulation, in particular by establishing the reference key for the distribution of asylum seekers under the corrective allocation mechanism, and by adapting the figures underlying the reference key annually, as well as the reference key based on Eurostat data.
Amendment 137 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 153 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 157 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure full respect for the principle of family unity and for the best interests of the child, the existence of a relationship of dependency between an applicant and his or her child, sibling or parent on account of the applicant’'s pregnancy or maternity, state of health or old age, should become a binding responsibility criterion. When the applicant is an unaccompanied minor, the presence of a family member or relative on the territory of another Member State who can take care of him or her should also become a binding responsibility criterion. In order to discourage secondary movements of unaccompanied minors, which are not in their best interests, in the absence of a family member or a relative, the Member State responsible should be that where the unaccompanied minor first has lodged his or her application for international protection, unless it is demonstrated that this would not be in the best interests of the child. Before transferring an unaccompanied minor to another Member State, the transferring Member State should make sure that that Member State will take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the adequate protection of the child, and in particular the prompt appointment of a representative or representatives tasked with safeguarding respect for all the rights to which they are entitled. Any decision to transfer an unaccompanied minor should be preceded by an assessment of his/her best interests by staff with the necessary qualifications and expertise. If for any reason the age of the applicant is not clearly over 18 years of age the member state have the full right to medically investigate the applicant to establish the age of the applicant.
Amendment 200 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The detention of applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should not be held in detention for the sole reason that he or she is seeking international protection. Detention should be for as short a period as possible and subject to the principles of necessity and proportionality. In particular, the detention of applicants must be in accordance with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention. The procedures provided for under this Regulation in respect of a detained person should be applied as a matter of priority, within the shortest possible deadlineis essential to maintaining security in the member states and preventing secondary movements. As regards the general guarantees governing detention, as well as detention conditions, where appropriate, Member States should apply the provisions of Directive 2013/33/EU also to persons detained on the basis of this Regulation.
Amendment 208 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Proper registration of all asylum applications in the EU under a unique application number should help detect multiple applications and prevent irregular secondary movements and asylum shopping. An automated system should be established for the purpose of facilitating the application of this Regulation. It should enable registration of asylum applications lodged in the EU, effective monitoring of the share of applications of each Member State and a correct application of the corrective allocation mechanism.
Amendment 211 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In accordance with Article 80 of the Treaty, Union acts should, whenever necessary, contain appropriate measures to give effect to the principle of solidarity. A corrective allocation mechanism should be established in order to ensure a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and a swift access of applicants to procedures for granting international protection in situations when a Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is responsible under this Regulation.
Amendment 221 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 253 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) A Member State of allocation may decide not to accept the allocated applicants during a twelve months-period, in which case it should enter this information in the automated system and notify the other Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum. Thereafter the applicants that would have been allocated to that Member State should be allocated to the other Member States instead. The Member State which temporarily does not take part in the corrective allocation should make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per applicant not accepted to the Member State that was determined as responsible for examining those applications. The Commission should lay down the practical modalities for the implementation of the solidarity contribution mechanism in an implementing act. The European Union Agency for Asylum will monitor and report to the Commission on a yearly basis on the application of the financial solidarity mechanism.
Amendment 254 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) A Member State of allocation may decide not to accept the allocated applicants during a twelve months-period, in which case it should enter this information in the automated system and notify the other Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum. Thereafter the applicants that would have been allocated to that Member State should be allocated to the other Member States instead. The Member State which temporarily does not take part in the corrective allocation should make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per applicant not accepted to the Member State that was determined as responsible for examining those applications. The Commission should lay down the practical modalities for the implementation of the solidarity contribution mechanism in an implementing act. The European Union Agency for Asylum will monitor and report to the Commission on a yearly basis on the application of the financial solidarity mechanism.
Amendment 280 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 323 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5
Amendment 339 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 347 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q – point ii
Amendment 348 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q – point iii
Amendment 608 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 749 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Amendment 752 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. When there is a significant risk of absconding, Member States may detain the person concerned in order to secure transfer procedures in accordance with this Regulation, on the basis of an individual assessment and only in so far as detention is proportional and other less coercive alternative measures cannot be applied effectively.
Amendment 761 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 775 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
Article 34
Amendment 813 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 848 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
Article 36
Amendment 873 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
Article 37
Amendment 883 #
Amendment 889 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may, at the end of the three-month period after the entry into force of this Regulation and at the end of each twelve-month period thereafter, enter in the automated system that it will temporarily not take part in the corrective allocation mechanism set out in Chapter VII of this Regulation as a Member State of allocation and notify this to the Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum.
Amendment 892 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Amendment 897 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Amendment 912 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Article 37 – paragraph 4
Amendment 915 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 5
Article 37 – paragraph 5
Amendment 932 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Article 39
Amendment 942 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
Article 40
Amendment 953 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
Article 41
Amendment 962 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Article 42
Amendment 969 #
2016/0133(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43
Amendment 1 #
2016/0125(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. States that the mistakes in granting visa exemptions for the West Balkan countries should not be repeated and that the EU should finally, and in earnest, see to it that the external borders are secured;
Amendment 2 #
2016/0125(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading, taking overRejects the Commission proposal;
Amendment 3 #
2016/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Amendment 4 #
2016/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 6 #
2016/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 7 #
2016/0125(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 3 #
2016/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 258/2014, benefits from Union co-financing in the form of operating grants until 31 December 2016. It should receive no further funding and should be dissolved.
Amendment 6 #
2016/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Commission closely monitored the implementation of the reform of EFRAG governance and informed duly the European Parliament and the Council of the progress in its implementation. The Commission found that EFRAG successfully implemented the conclusions of the special advisor’s report, by implementing a new governance structure, which has increased the legitimacy and representativeness of EFRAG. Therefore it is appropriate to continue fFinancing of EFRAG for the period 2017- 2020 in order to meet thshould not be lcong-term objectives of the Union programme totinued. The Union should not support specific activities in the field of financial reporting and auditing.
Amendment 13 #
2016/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 15 #
2016/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 258/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Amendment 16 #
2016/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 258/2014
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 17 #
2016/0110(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 258/2014
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 37 #
2016/0107(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission's proposal;
Amendment 45 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The OECD's inclusive framework brings together over 100 countries and jurisdictions to collaborate on the implementation of the BEPS Package.
Amendment 46 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The tax provisions in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union limit its power in regard to direct taxation, which is neither a matter of harmonisation nor a necessity for the single market.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Union should not unilaterally impose rules that differ from the BEPS Package.
Amendment 61 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The Union harms growth, companies, and job creation when it imposes rules earlier than other jurisdictions given the existence of tax competition, which cannot be ignored in a globalised economy.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a
Amendment 111 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall require ultimate parent undertakings governed by their national laws and having a consolidated net turnover exceeding EUR 750 000 000 000 as well as undertakings governed by their national laws that are not affiliated undertakings and having a net turnover exceeding EUR 750 000 000 000 to draw up and publish a report on income tax information on an a decennuial basis.
Amendment 123 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 133 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall require the medium- sized and large subsidiary undertakings referred to in Article 3(3) and (4) which are governed by their national laws and controlled by an ultimate parent undertaking which has a consolidated net turnover exceeding EUR 750 000 000 000 and which is not governed by the law of a Member State, to publish the report on income tax information of that ultimate parent undertaking on an a decennuial basis.
Amendment 142 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 154 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 5 – point a
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the undertaking which opened the branch is either an affiliated undertaking of a group which is controlled by an ultimate parent undertaking not governed by the law of a Member State and which has a consolidated net turnover exceeding EUR 750 000 000 000 or an undertaking that is not an affiliated and which has a net turnover exceeding EUR 750 000 000 000;
Amendment 164 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 7
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 b – paragraph 7
Amendment 259 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 h – paragraph 1
Chapter 10 a – Article 48 h – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that laws, regulations and administrative provisions transposing Articles 48a to 48f apply, at the latest, from the commencement date of the first financial year starting on or after [Publications Office- set the date = one year after the transposition deadline] no earlier than when at least 95 per cent of the countries that have negotiated the OECD BEPS Package have adopted it.
Amendment 3 #
Amendment 4 #
2016/0075(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading, taking overRejects the Commission proposal;
Amendment 5 #
2016/0075(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that a reliable entry and exit register and a practicable return mechanism must be in operation before any further visa liberalisation takes place;
Amendment 6 #
2016/0075(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that, given the continuing problematic situation in Georgia, which could also contribute to a lack of security in the issuing of travel documents, no further concessions can be made with regard to immigration control from Georgia to the EU, which would contribute to further security risks and uncertainty in the EU Member States;
Amendment 7 #
2016/0075(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if account is taken of the totally different political situation since the criteria for the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan with Georgia were agreed, resulting from the migration crisis and other factors;
Amendment 8 #
2016/0075(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 34 #
2015/2350(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 113 #
2015/2350(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 9 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the EU should stop funding global operational costs that can be up to 80% of an NGO's global budget, because this controversial funding distorts the principle of equal opportunities between NGOs; recalls that so-called "operating grants" are not linked to any specific project or activity of the receiving NGO but can be freely used to pay salaries, office rent and telephone costs, travel expenses etc.;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Invites the competent national authorities to verify if an NGO can keep its legal status as "non-governmental" or "registered association" if its annual budget is funded by more than 50% through public funds (i.e. local, regional or national authorities; a foreign government; or the EU);
Amendment 28 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to build a central database outlining NGO funding and results, and to make any data secure that might endanger NGO actors;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In implementing the specific Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters and with regard to international legally binding human rights instruments, the EU community acquis as well as the policy competencies in this matter, Union funding should not be provided to any NGO which promotes, supports, or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation of women and men, or determining foetal sex resulting in pre natal sex selection or infanticide, especially where such actions apply their priorities though psychological, social, economic or legal pressure. The Commission should present a report on the implementation of the Union's external assistance covering family planning programmes;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In order to avoid double funding by public sources, calls on the EU budgetary authorities not to finance NGOs’ general operating costs and to stick to project-specific funding only, which should be limited to maximum 40%, while the NGO's own contribution should be at least 60%, with transparent proof of the origin of its own resources;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 50 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that working with multiple donors increases administrative burdens; asks the Commission, therefore, to limitto request full transparency for the minimum percentage requirements in co- funding agreements (i.e. an NGO applying for EU funding must prove the origin of its own resources), ensure that in- kind contributions are considered eligible, harmonise external evaluation requirements and make better use of existing evaluations;
Amendment 59 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the principle "He who pays the piper calls the tune" applies also for the EU funding policy for NGOs, because the EU funding policy obliges NGOs to advertise and legitimise the Commission's activities as well as to promote and legitimise themselves; recalls that by this procedure the EU Commission creates a "Muppet civil society";
Amendment 70 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Insists that the spending of EU taxpayers’ money must be in line with the preferences of EU taxpayers, and that citizens and EU budgetary authorities should listen to real concerns voiced by real citizens;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the EU budgetary authorities to ensure that the process of commissioning work from NGOs is brought in line with EU procurement policy, with profit-making organisations also allowed to participate;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Recalls that funding of NGOs by the EU bears the risk of "political omphaloskepsis (navel-gazing)" and ventriloquism by creating a "Muppet civil society" for the EU to conduct a dialogue with;
Amendment 282 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Argues that convergence, good governance and conditionality enforced through institutions being held democratically accountable at the euro-area and national level are key, notably to preventing permanent transfersand moral hazard; stresses the need to safeguard these institutions by restoring the no-bail-out clause and a democral hazardtically founded right to withdraw from the Eurozone; points out that exclusion from the Eurozone for serious infringements could be appropriate;
Amendment 301 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that a revived non bail-out clause might provide sufficient incentives for sound fiscal policymaking and for addressing structural weaknesses at national level, taking into account the aggregate euro area fiscal stance, are core elements for the functioning of the euro area; considers that a fiscal capacity for absorbing shocks should, relate to address specific Eurozone concerns;
Amendment 319 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that a fiscal capacity muscannot be created on top of existing EU funding instruments, within its legal framework, in order to ensure consistent development between euro and non-euro Member States;
Amendment 339 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that effective stabilisation of large euro area Member States or a group of closely economically intertwined countries requires sufficient resourcesa credible no bail-out clause;
Amendment 357 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the following three different functions have to be fulfilled even without fiscal capacity; argues, first, that in order to foster economic and social convergence within the euro area and to improve the economic competitiveness and resilience of the euro area, Member States’ structural reforms should be incentivised in good economic times; argues, secondly, that differences in the business cycles of euro area Member States stemming from structural differences create the need for an instrument to address asymmetric shocks; considers, thirdly, that symmetric shocks should be addressed so as to increase the resilience of the euro area as a whole;
Amendment 830 #
2015/2344(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Instructs its President not to forward this resolution to the President of the Council, the Commission, the Eurogroup and the ECB, and the national parliaments.
Amendment 10 #
2015/2342(INI)
Amendment 14 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. whereas, in terms of population explosion, war and sectarian strife and extreme weather phenomena in many countries, in particular on the African continent and in the Middle East, the EU is only at the start of worldwide and hitherto unimaginable waves of migration towards the prosperous states of Europe;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. whereas there is a need for victims of political persecution and (war) refugees, who immediately prior to their arrival in the EU faced real dangers arising from war, on the one hand, to be distinguished from irregular migrants, on the other;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that Europe’s common asylum policy has failed due to the breach of the Dublin Agreement by the southern countries of the EU, but also through the fault of the Federal Government of Germany;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 48 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Union to open up legal and safMember States to ensure the proutes for migrants and refugeection of the EU’s external borders;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Advocates the establishment in the regions of origin of refugee movements, such as North Africa, of refuge and asylum centres in safe neighbouring countries, whose primary aim is to run such centres under a UN or EU mandate; thereafter, applications for protection in the EU should be submitted and decided only there; applicants in the Member States of the EU are without exception to be returned to these centres;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the 1951 Geneva Convention and other, obsolete supra- and international agreements need to be adapted to the globalised present day of worldwide mass migrations, and that asylum law may no longer be abused as a pretext for mass immigration;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Is committed to preventing economic causes of migration, even if doing so could first bring disadvantages for the western economy, for example through a ban on exports to Africa of highly subsidised agricultural products, which ruin local markets there and deprive local populations of their basic livelihood, and an export ban on weapons, used clothing, toxic waste and other Western waste products, as well as a new regime for EU fishing off the African coast;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Member States to review Community law in order to achieve a comprehensive and radical refocusing on restoring the possibility of action on a national basis to put an end to the abuse of rights that go with European freedom of movement;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses that a prominent feature of the national sovereignty of all Member States is their ability to determine for themselves the nature and extent of immigration;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for international protection to be provided to people fleeing conflicts, including through resettlement programmes and humanitarian visasrefugees for as long as the reason for fleeing continues to apply in their home country, and calls for their residence permit to end and for them to be obliged to return to their home country when the reason for fleeing no longer applies because war or political or religious persecution in their home country have been brought to an end; demands, likewise, that irregular migrants who, unlike refugees, are not being persecuted, should not be able to claim refugee protection;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned byWelcomes the growing tendency to make all EU policies conditional on management of migration flows and denouncwelcomes the use of development and humanitarian aid funds in this area;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 93 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that peace both inside and outside the country concerned will be fostered if returning refugees contribute to the political, economic and social reconstruction of their home country, and consequently their return should be supported through an international reconstruction programme;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that legal concepts ofsuch as safe countries and safe countries of origin should not preventmust also provide a basis for individual assessments of asylum applications;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 134 #
2015/2342(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 10 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an unprecedented and increasing number of men, women and children are seeking international protection in the EU as a result of ongoing conflicts, regional instability and human rights violations, including gender-based violence and rape as a weapon of war; whereas an unprecedented and increasing number of men, women and children are seeking to emigrate to certain Member States as economic refugees;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Christian refugees in reception centres for asylum seekers in the Member States are suffering attacks by and even death threats from fanatical Muslims who live in accordance with Sharia law;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and men seeking asylum have specific protection needs which require that the implementation of all asylum policies be gender sensitiveand economic migrants have specific needs, and Member States are therefore invited to meet, as far as current circumstances allow, the specific needs of women, men, children and families in the context of asylum policies;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whilst winter is coming, Member States are witnessing a pressing problem with the housing of immigrants, public infrastructures are at its limits and some governments are devising new laws to expropriate private property for refugee housing, the EU-Parliament could offer its concrete help by making available its unused premises in Strasbourg for temporary migrant housing;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas the EU-Parliament has at its disposal a fully equipped infrastructure in Strasbourg, which is only used 48 days per year for parliamentary business, including 750 single rooms, each fully equipped with a bed, shower and WC, and fully operational restaurants/canteens; whereas empty offices of officials can be used for individual counselling services and meeting rooms could serve for classroom language teaching as well as information/training sessions;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Invites the Member State governments, when dealing with the refugee crisis, to focus on the genuinely important problems;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 74 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU institutions to make it possible for the Member States to reintroduce border checks immediately;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the EU institutions to make it possible for Member States to turn away asylum seekers from safe third countries or safe countries of origin and reintroduce a visa requirement for nationals of the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia);
Amendment 78 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges that asylum applications should be submitted in the EU Member State embassies in the asylum seekers’ countries of origin, and dealt with by the relevant national authorities, or in centralised reception centres to be set up under the auspices of the EU or the UNHCR;
Amendment 79 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Urges the EU institutions to extend the list of safe countries of origin to include those States which have concluded either a partnership and cooperation or an association agreement with the EU and which have signed the Geneva Convention on Refugees;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Urges the Member States to allocate asylum seekers only benefits in kind and to give them cash only once they have been granted asylum, and to allocate unsuccessful asylum seekers benefits in kind for a limited period only; urges the Member States and the EU institutions to implement legislative measures in this area as quickly as they did parliamentary decisions concerning measures to save the euro;
Amendment 81 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Urges the Member States worst affected by the asylum crisis to exercise their right not to implement the EU distribution scheme until such time as those Member States which are leaving a small number of other Member States to bear the full cost of the asylum process abandon this unlawful stance; urges that all asylum-related additional costs should be borne by those Member States which have not complied with the third-country rule and the rules governing the registration of persons;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Offers its concrete help for women migrants by making available its unused premises in Strasbourg for temporary migrant housing, as flagship project and in order to protect them against sex based violence;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a new, comprehensive set of EU-wide gender guideliInvites the Member States to adopt comprehensive guidelines on controlling and limiting the number of foreigners to be adopted as part of wider reforms to migration and asylum policyentering the EU, taking the ability to absorb new arrivals and to integrate into society and the economic and the labour market interests of the individual EU Member States into account;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UrgInvites the Commission to develop interpretative guidelines on FGM which give full consideration to the UNHCR Guidelines on gender-based persecution and Guidance Note on FGM, and which clearly outline Member States’ obligationurges the Member States to apply these guidelines;
Amendment 129 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to safe abortion, and to allocate additional resources to healthcare provision as a matter of urgencyMember States to take measures to guarantee women in disadvantaged circumstances equal access to public health systems, in particular basic health services as defined by the World Health Organisation, encompassing the protection of mother and child and gynaecological and obstetric care;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Member States, if the situation in the country of origin in question still permits, to take decisions on asylum applications by persons from safe countries of origin and by persons who have entered their territory via a safe third country within 48 hours; urges, further, that asylum applications which are not supported by documentary proof of nationality and identity should be rejected as clearly unjustified or inadmissible within the same period;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the urgent need for independent investigations by the competent Member State authorities into all allegations of abuse at places of immigration detention and for access to be granted to journalists;
Amendment 176 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Invites the Member States, keeping in mind the humanitarian urgency and the need to temporarily create shelter for immigrants, to decide on the temporary suspension of Protocol Nr 6, thus facilitating the temporary use of the unused EU-Parliament premises in Strasbourg unhindered by parliamentary business, which could transitionally take place in Brussels;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement specific measures to facilitate labour market participation of womenall economic refugees and asylum seekers, including language classes, lifelong learning and training; stresses the importance of widening access to higher education for women refugeeall economic refugees and asylum seekers; calls for robust and transparent procedures for recognising qualifications obtained abroad;
Amendment 188 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to document in greater detail cases of discrimination and violence against Christian refugees;
Amendment 195 #
2015/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Invites the Member States to introduce quicker and more effective procedures for returning asylum seekers whose applications have been turned down;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 10 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24
Citation 24
Amendment 21 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas economic recovery in the European Union is under way but weak, and remains uneven between and within Member States and is partly driven by temporary factors;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas growth rates of the euro area are significantly lower than in many other comparable economies, for example the United States, the United Kingdom, or most Member States whose currency is not the Euro.
Amendment 28 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas global economic growth is slowing down and new strategic challenges are arisingbut on average, even in most developed economies, still higher than growth in the European Union or euro area;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the euro area’s current account surplus continues to rise, while the European Union still faces an important investment gap mainly because of a lack of meaningful institutional and structural reform;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the investment gap especially in the euro area can be partially attributed to a lack of foreign direct investment, thereby reflecting the relative competitive disadvantages of the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the lack of meaningful structural reform and budgetary discipline in the Member States has pressured the European Central Bank to pursue an accommodating monetary policy which is endangering monetary stability;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the euro area still lacks a procedure that provides for an orderly exit of its members, which has intensified centrifugal forces within the Economic and Monetary Union;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the 2016 Annual Growth Survey package and the proposed policy mix of investment, structural reform and fiscal responsibility, with increased emphasis on domestic demand and convergence, complementing; notes the lack of structural reform, which is made up for by accommodative monetary policies;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios; recalls that GDP does not represent economic reality when the depreciation of capital goods is not fully recognised;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes improvements in public finances, in particular gradually declining debt/GDP ratios in some countries; is concerned about rising debt/GDP ratios in others;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Union’s global competitiveness remains an important objective, while the worsening global outlook calls for strengthening domestic sources of growth, e.g. by meaningful structural reform, and better, as well as less, regulation;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further efforts to support recovery, foster convergence and correct macroeconomic imbalances, including by channelling excess savings towardspromoting more saving in the domestic economy and boosting private investment;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is encouraged byTakes note of some mild improvements in labour market indicators; calls for more effort to reduce poverty, social exclusion and growing inequalitieis concerned by high youth unemployment in economies with rigid labour markets;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesTakes note of the renewal of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines, and calls for strengthening the role of the Europe 2020 Strategy in guiding the European Semester;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation and cohesion;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the European Fund for Strategic Investments to be used to maximum effect to support higher-risk projects not financed otherwise, and to promote growth, job creation and cohesion within the limits of its mandate;
Amendment 146 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 157 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is aware of the ongoing deleveraging process in the private sector; points to the importance of completing the banking union and boosting private equity investments in SMEs;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. HighlightsTakes note of the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments;
Amendment 187 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the importance of investments in human capital and other social investments;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, after a long period of nominal adjustment, focus should be put on structural reforms and investments aimed at strengthening growth potential, promoting fair and sustainable welfare systems and reducing social inequalities;
Amendment 221 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for product and service market reforms and better regulation, promoting innovation and quality-based competition;
Amendment 224 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 232 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that further steps be taken towards resilient labour markets withby reduced segmentation and sustainable welfare systems with ining regulation and burdens creasted focus on social investmentby excessive welfare systems;
Amendment 255 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a greater shift of taxation away from labourless taxes on both labour and capital;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes note of the proposal for a Structural Reform Support Programme, to be discussed under the ordinary legislative procedure;
Amendment 276 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for responsible fiscal policies, taking into account debt sustainability, the economic cycle and investment gaps;
Amendment 286 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that member states with debt levels in excess of 60% of GDP do not have fiscal space for stimulating their economies; Warns that, given the current size of government debts, debt sustainability will become even more pressing an issue when interest rates in the Euro area come back to normal levels;
Amendment 291 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists on implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, while making use of available fiscal space, inter alia, to deal with security threats and refugee inflows and establishing a procedure to exit the euro area to be used in the event of non-compliance; considers creating a European mechanism for sovereign defaults inside and outside of the euro area;
Amendment 305 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need for improved tax collection, fighting tax evasion and avoidance and improved tax policy coordinampetition;
Amendment 324 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports all efforts towards improving the quality and growth-friendly character ofcutting public expenditure;
Amendment 331 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 345 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that, given its high level ofTakes note that, despite its interdependence and the singleness of its monetary policy, the euro area needs to be viewed as one macroeconomic entity where convergence must be promoted; calls therefore for an in-depth aggregate assessment of macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area to complement the assessment of country-specific vulnerabilities; insists on full coherence between the euro area recommendation and country-specific recommendationsis not viewed as one macroeconomic entity;
Amendment 360 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes increased attention to the euro area’s aggregate fiscal stance; calls for greater discussion on whether it can be considered broadly neutral given the large investment gap;
Amendment 375 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. SupportsTakes note of the recommendation to differentiate fiscal effort by individual Member States taking into account their respective positions vis-à-vis Stability and Growth Pact requirements and stabilisation needs, as well as spillover effects; notes that high-surplus countries have significant fiscal space which they could use; recommends that high-surplus countries should reduce debt and taxes to the benefit of their populations and the monetary union as a whole;
Amendment 389 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Agrees that while the euro area’s high current account surplus is a welcome sign of thecertain euro area member’s external competitiveness, it also implies a lack of internal investment and a risk ofneed for euro appreciation; when monetary policy starts to become less accommodative, witharns that a continuing accommodative monetary policy has adverse effects on growth and employmentmonetary stability;
Amendment 398 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Emphasises that disparities in current accounts among Member States reflect their heterogeneity in productivity and competiveness and that this provides a permanent challenge for the monetary union; emphasizes that a significant and persistent current account surplus of a member state may be due to unsatisfactory competitiveness and lack of structural reforms in other member states, emphasizes that the absence of exchange rate flexibility aggravates the problem of current account disequilibria in the euro zone;
Amendment 402 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Emphasises the need to foster real economic and social convergence driven by improvements in productivity and non- cost factors; underlines the importance of all Member States having sufficient investment capacity, enabling balanced and sustainable growth;
Amendment 413 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the benefits of symmetrical adjustment, where regaining cost competitiveness does not require undergoing deflation which is detrimental to debt sustainabilityregaining cost competitiveness;
Amendment 420 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for measures preventing a race to the bottomore competition in terms of taxation and social standards, building on better use of social indicators in macroeconomic surveillance;
Amendment 438 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that better implementation of country-specific recommendations requires clearly articulated priorities at European level and genuine public debate at national level, leading to greater relevance and ownershippolitical willingness at national level;
Amendment 448 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for striking the right balance between making country-specific recommendations focused on key priorities and ensuring that they address all key challenges from the perspective of Europe 2020 targets;
Amendment 451 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 467 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 474 #
2015/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. UrDiscourages the Commission to launch negotiations on an interinstitutional agreement on economic governance, as suggested in the Five Presidents’ Report;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Calls on the competent institutions and bodies to review the subcontractors working for the EU institutions as regards full compliance with social standards for all workers;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas persons who devote their time and skills to looking after and bringing up children or caring for the elderly should not be exposed to social dumping or unreported employment but should receive social recognition and this could be done by giving such persons individual rights, particularly regarding social security and pensions;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a right balance can be struck between family plans and professional ambitions if the people concerned have genuine freedom of choice, in economic and social terms, and are supported by political and economic decisions at the national level without being penalised and without being obliged to social dumping and unreported employment;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in certain sectors women are the most affected by social dumping, including housekeeping and the care sector (especially home care), but also in traditional ‘posting’ sectors such as the meat processing or transport sectors; calls on the Commissioninvites the Member States to evaluate those sectors in which women experience social and wage dumping or undeclared work as the worst form of social dumping, as well as the existing related EUnational legislation;
Amendment 20 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the problem of social dumping and undeclared work also affects men;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of a network of information offices and a website providing assistance and information on the rights of women workersand women posted or temporarily transferred to another Member State and employers’ obligations;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensureInvites thate Member States to reinforce effective control measures and sanctions for employers in sectors in which women are victims of social dumping and introduce a blacklist for employers that do not comply with EUnational legislation.
Amendment 47 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Invites the statistical institutes in the Member States to assess the possibility of including in their national accounting systems the value of invisible work and unreported employment in the field of intergenerational solidarity, and its contribution to national GDP.
Amendment 49 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Invites the Member States to consider the adaptability of employment contracts so as to allow for mobility, alternation, life cycles, and career breaks, as regards both employment and work in a self-employed capacity, accounted for by training or caring, to avoid social dumping and unreported employment.
Amendment 50 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Invites Eurostat to assess the possibility of developing measures to highlight the value of invisible work and unreported employment in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO).
Amendment 51 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Invites the Member States to develop specific initiatives to validate the skills acquired in carrying out educational tasks, caring for dependent persons and household management so that these skills are taken into consideration upon re-entry into the labour market.
Amendment 52 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Invites the Member States to take measures to recognise invisible and informal work in the field of intergenerational solidarity carried out by women/mothers, men/fathers and carers at a legal, social and economic level (particularly as regards social security, professional status, earnings and equal opportunities for men and women).
Amendment 53 #
2015/2255(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Member States to address the structural factors contributing to social dumping and unreported employment, inequality in pension schemes including the organisation of care and combining family and work life.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
Amendment 2 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
Amendment 15 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
— having regard to Article 4(3 (2) TEU, Article 2954(3) TFEU and Protocol No 1 on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,
Amendment 33 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
– having regard to the publications of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), including the proposed European Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS) in the FRA paper 'Fundamental rights in the future of the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs', 31 December 20131 ,; __________________ 1 http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_s ubmission_on_the_future_of_eu_justice.pd f
Amendment 47 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the statement by Commissioner for justice and fundamental rights, Vera Jourova, of 2 December 2015, on the situation in Hungary that "the Commission found that conditions to start a rule of law framework procedure are not fulfilled";
Amendment 53 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
Citation 19
– having regard to the statement by First Vice-President Timmermans on the situation in Hungary of 19 May 2015, SPEECH/15/5010, acknowledging that "Prime-minister Orbán is a formidable campaigner, who has won most of the astonishing election victories and therefore has a huge democratic mandate", recognizing that "the Hungarian government does not have concrete plans to take any steps to introduce the death penalty, and that Prime Minister Orbán has assured President Schulz that the Hungarian government will respect and honour all European treaties and legislation" and recalling that "In general the Commission considers that public consultation can be an important tool for governments and other public authorities to develop policies that can count on support of the population."
Amendment 59 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
– having regard to the statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Oettinger on the situation in Poland of 19 January 2016, SPEECH/16/114, stating "that Poland is now more sovereign, more master of its own destiny than in the thousand years before"
Amendment 71 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 4 September 2007 on institutional and legal implications of the use of "soft law" instruments (2007/2028(INI)), notably paragraph 15;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in accordance with Article 2, Article 3(1) and Article 7 TEU, the Union avails itself of the possibility to act in order to protect its "constitutional core", reflected by the common values it shares with its Member States;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 67 TEU states that the Union shall constitute an area of freedom, security and justice with respect for fundamental rights and the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas Art 4.2 TEU states that the Union shall respect the equality of Member States before the Treaties as well as their national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government. It shall respect their essential State functions, including ensuring the territorial integrity of the State, maintaining law and order and safeguarding national security. In particular, national security remains the sole responsibility of each Member State.;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas inter institutional agreements are binding only on those institutions which have signed them, and cannot contradict or amend the provisions of the founding Treaties of the EU;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the definition of core values and principles is a living and permanent process, and while those values and principles may evolve over time, they must be protected against short termism and ad hoc changes as a result of different political majoritiesshould be recognised on the basis of human dignity taking into account the particular ethos of each Member State's society;
Amendment 120 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas respect for cultural diversity and national traditions may not impede a uniform and high level of protection of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF)the promotion of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF) by the EU institutions must respect the cultural diversity and national traditions of the Member States according to Art. 4(2) TEU;
Amendment 143 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 147 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas it "Considers that inter institutional agreements can produce legal effects only on relationships between EU institutions and that they therefore do not constitute soft law defined in terms of a legal effect in relation to third parties" (i.e. individual Member States), as expressed in § 15 of its resolution of 4 September 2007 on institutional and legal implications of the use of "soft law" instruments (2007/2028(INI));
Amendment 151 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the failure of a candidate country to meet the required standards results in a delay of accession to the Union, while thea proven failure of a Member State or an institution of the Union to meet those same standards has little consequence in practandards is monitored by an important number of already existing EU instruments: - the procedure following Art. 7 TEU, - the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, - the EU Anti- Corruption Report, - the Justice Scoreboard, which is part of the European Semester for economic policy coordination, - the EU inter-institutional annual reporting on fundamental rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; - infringement proceedings, - judicial procedures of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the broader question is whether the EU-institutions, especially Parliament and Commission, are entitled to require Member States to perform an impact assessment on additional obligations while implementing EU law;
Amendment 163 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the obligations incumbent on candidate countries under the Copenhagen criteria continue to apply to the Member States after joining the Union by virtue of Article 2 TEU and the principle of sincere cooperation, and whereas all Member States should therefore be assessed on a regular basis in order to verify their continued compliance with the Union's common values;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas there are few instruments to correct legislative and executive policy decisions by the institutions of the Union; it exist already an important number of EU instruments: - the procedure following Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union, - the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, - the EU Anti-Corruption Report, - the Justice Scoreboard, which is part of the European Semester for economic policy coordination, - the EU inter-institutional annual reporting on fundamental rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; - infringement proceedings, - judicial procedures of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 192 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the Union has at its disposal a multitude of instruments and processes for ensuring full and proper application of Treaty principles and values but in practhe Commission found each ticme they appear limited in scope, inadequate and ineffective, or they are unlikely to be used; while their uneven application is perceived by many as politically motivated, arbitrary and unfairly targeting certain countriesat conditions to start a rule of law framework procedure are not fulfilled;
Amendment 200 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 203 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
Amendment 206 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
Amendment 213 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 217 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas in situations where a Member State no longer guarantee respect for DRF, the Union asystemically breaches DRF, the Commission must first find that cond its Member States have a duty to protect the rights of thions to start a rule of law framework procedure aresidents of that Member St fulfilled in application of the Treatey;
Amendment 228 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
Amendment 237 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
Amendment 248 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
Amendment 254 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the establishment of an EU Pact for DRF is withoutproduces a concrete prejudice to the direct application of Article 7(1) and (2) TEU, as the EU Pact for DRF creates politically motivated parallel structures and procedures based on a simple inter-institutional agreement between Parliament and Commission against the Member States;
Amendment 258 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 273 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 275 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends, in particular, that the mechanisms of the EU Pact for DRF include preventative and corrective elements, and apply to all Member States as well as the three main institutions of the UnionPoints out that the power to conclude interinstitutional agreements is based on the right of organisational self- determination of the EU institutions concerned; notes that they could be made binding on third parties, whether positively or negatively, only to the extent that the institutions involved had the power to make them binding on third parties on the basis of the right of organisational self-determination, within the framework of this purely internal and unilateral arrangement; notes further that interinstitutional agreements rationae materiae are addressed only to the institutions involved, and consequently they are binding exclusively on those institutions, and not on individual Member States;
Amendment 300 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Invites the European Ombudsman to issue, as part ofstick to its mannual report, specific recommenddate which is to investigate complaints about maladministrations to in the institutions of the Union in the field of DRFand bodies of the European Union ;
Amendment 307 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 314 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 333 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 352 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
Amendment 360 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
Amendment 371 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 4
Paragraph 9 – indent 4
Amendment 378 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 5
Paragraph 9 – indent 5
Amendment 392 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Confirms that the recommendations brespect fundamental rights andaches the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 396 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that any financial implicthe creations of the requested proposals for the budget of the Union should be covered by the existing budgetary allocations; stresses that both for the EU and its Member States, asat new mechanism weill as for citizens, the adoption and implementation of those proposals would lead to substantial cost and time savings, and will thus be beneficial both in economic and social termshave financial implications for the budget of the Union;
Amendment 401 #
2015/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 23 #
2015/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the external assessment of effective implementation of gender mainstreaming in Parliament activities, commissioned in 2014 by Parliament's Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs and entitled 'Gener Mainstreaming in Committees and Delegations of the European Parliament', produced the following findings: the Committee on Women's Affairs finalised opinions for only 11 of the 23 specialised committees; of 718 suggestions and amendments on various issues, only 210 were fully or partially approved; the highest number of suggestions from the Committee on Women's Affairs was addressed to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, though it took over only 39.5% of them (not even half the total); and the proportion of suggestions or amendments approved by the other specialised committees was even lower: 28% in the Commitee on Foreign Affairs, 11% in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and only 5.5% in the Committee on Budgets;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that, in order to integrate a gender perspective into a policy process, two different aspects should be considered: the content of the policy and gender representation in the administration and in decision making; stresses that the call for equal opportunities for women and men must be translated into a practical approach which does not set women against men or play them off against each other;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Notes that the Parliament- commissioned external assessment entitled 'Gender Mainstraming in Committees and Delegations of the European Parliament' found that the work of the Committee on Women's Affairs in the legislative process within Parliament is largely ineffective because the committee's recommendations are not taken into account by the specialised committees; accordingly invites the Court of Auditors, in keeping with the requirements for transparency and efficient financial management at European level, to subject the gender mainstreaming structures and activities of Parliament in particular, and of the other EU institutions and bodies in general, to a detailed cost-benefit analysis;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women and girls make up 98% of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that religious, cultural and traditional differences can never justify violence against women and girls, such as female genital mutilation (FGM), early and forced marriages, domestic violence and honour killings and honour related violence;
Amendment 38 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that of the 93 countries that retain the death penalty, 84 have passed laws prohibiting the execution of pregnant women; deplores the legal situation in Saint Kitts and Nevis which is the only country in the world where a pregnant woman may legally be executed;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes with grave concern that since the 1980s the mail- order- bride industry has soared by an alarming rate; notes with concern that there are a number of documented cases of women being attacked and/or murdered after marrying a man as a ‘mail-order-bride’; deplores that a significant number of underage girls appear on ‘mail- order’ websites and stresses that where children are used for sexual purposes this must be considered child abuse;
Amendment 44 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the lack of gender equality in theequal opportunities in political realm ofoffice in third countries; recalls that women and men are equal and should enjoy the same political rights and civil liberties;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for gender equality to be systematicallythe protection of women’s rights to be included in the human rights country strategies and in the human rights and political dialogues with third countries; welcomes the appointment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) advisor on gender issues and gender-sensitive training programmes for diplomats and officials who are taking part in EU delegations;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to work with Member States and third countries to take series of steps to eradicate practices that are harmful to women and girls including child and forced marriage, FGM, honour killings, forced sterilisation, rape in conflict, stoning and all other forms of brutality; asks the Commission to take an active role in the prosecution of these crimes in third countries, and in some instances, by Member States; urges the Commission to work with the EEAS to improve the support available for victims of such brutality;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2229(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is concerned that women who lack access to resources, such as housing, land, property, and inheritance are vulnerable and therefore at an increased risk of entering into prostitution and of being trafficked;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Euro Area Summit Statement of 29 June 20121a, envisaging "to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns", __________________ 1a http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/europ ean-council/pdf/20120629-euro-area- summit-statement-en_pdf.
Amendment 9 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 18 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Banking Union (BU) is designed to be an indispensable component of a monetary union and a fundamental building block of a genuinthe eEconomic and mMonetary uUnion (EMU);
Amendment 22 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the BU is deemed instrumental to ensuring stability and restoring confidence in euro area banks, enhancing financial integration, fostering risk sharing within the monetary union and contributing to breaking the link between sovereigns and banks at national level;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in athe BU athe Single Rulebook musthas been complemented by a Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), a Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) and a common deposit guarantee scheme (DGS), and should be provided with an efficient fiscal backstop at EU level;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the establishment of the SSM within the ECB creates a conflict of interest between pursuing an independent monetary policy and prudential supervision;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas Article 127(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union only allows to confer specific tasks upon the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision, so that the SSM, which serves as a general supervisor, has created legal uncertainty to the detriment of the supervised entities;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the SRM is the second pillar of the BU and aims to ensure uniform rules and procedures and a common decision- making process for orderly resolution of failing banks with minimum impact on the real economy and public financein order to fully safeguard public finances from the cost of bailing out banks;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a common DGS, originally intended as the third pillar of the BU, so far consists only in an approximation of national DGSs, while a common DGS that is able to ensure the same level of protection for deposits, irrespective of their location, is a necessary component of a true BU is inadequate as long as risks differ greatly between national banking systems;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a common DGS, originally intended a is the third pillar of the BU, so far and consists only in an approximation of national DGSs, while a common DGS that is able to ensure the same level of protection for deposits, irrespective of their location, is a necessary component of a true BUf national DGSs that, when fully funded, are able to ensure protection for deposits;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas risks cannot be assessed with enough certainty to achieve a fair burden sharing in a common DGS by risk- weighted contributions;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the establishment of the SSM, which has been successful both from an operational point of view and in terms of supervisory quality, and considers it a remarkable achievement, taking into account the complexity of the project and the very short time frame availableTakes note of the establishment of the SSM;
Amendment 63 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the establishment of the SSM, which has yet to prove to been successful both from an operational point of view and in terms of supervisory quality, and considers it a remarkable achievement,especially taking into account the complexity of the project and the very short time frame available;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. WelcomesTakes note in particular, in relation to the operational set-up:
Amendment 73 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the recruitment process, which resulted in a good blend of competences, cultures and gender, thus contributing to the supranational nature of the SSM, and the thorough training activity programme for national competent authorities (NCAs) and ECB staff;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the recruitment process, which resulted in a good blend of competences, cultures and gendernationalities, thus contributing to the supranational nature of the SSM, and the thorough training activity programme for national competent authorities (NCAs) and ECB staff;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the authority of the SSM only extends to banks subject to supervision and should not pose an obstacle to market access;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that a very significant share of work is routinely devoted to administrative procedures, required by the SSM Regulation, which may not always be proportionate, and stands ready to consider proposals aimed at reducing the operational burden on structures at all levels and improving the effectiveness of the SSM supervision, namely by delegating certain decisions on specific administrative issues within clear limits and guidelines;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that while the degree of effectiveness achieved by JSTs in less than a year is remarkable,Takes note of the effectiveness of JSTs; believes further improvements can be pursued, including by involving NCAs in a more effective way and ensuring that their staff are motivated and involved in the decision- making process;
Amendment 106 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of close interaction between the ECB’s Directorates General (DGs) in charge of direct and indirect micro-prudential supervision and the DG in charge of horizontal supervision and expertise services, and emphasises the role of the latter in improving the comprehension, among supervised entities, of a common supervisory approach underlying the concrete individual micro- prudential measures; insists on the full organisational separation of all staff providing services needed for independent monetary policy purposes;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that economic recovery is underway but is still fragile and modest, inflation remains below ithe ECB's target, credit dynamics are still subdued in many jurisdictions and a large stock of non- performing loans weighs on many European banks’ balance sheets, limiting their capacity to finance the economy;
Amendment 128 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that effective coordination between macro-prudential and micro- prudential policies is crucial, and underlines that the SSM is fully part of the EU macro-prudential framework and has been given relevant macro-prudential responsibilities, together with the NCAs and the ECB Governing Council; recalls that there are limits to coordination due to the organisational separation of monetary policy decisions;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the worldwide drive towards more and better quality bank capital is a necessary condition for a sound banking system capable of supporting the economy and for avoiding any repeat of the enormous bailouts witnessed during the crisipublically financed bailouts;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that an increase in capital requirements, beyond a certain threshold, may in the short term induce banks to curtail the supply of credit, and therefore looks forward to an overall stabilisation of the level of capital;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that an increase in capital requirements, beyond a certain threshold, may in the short term induce banks to curtail the supply of credit, and therefore looks forward to an overall stabilisation of the level of capital significant increase in non-risk based capital requirements will end the sustained implicit subsidy of the banking sectors' risk taking by the taxpayer and lead to an overall stabilisation of the financial sector by mitigating its systemic risks;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the remarks made by the Chair of the SSM calling for a more prudent treatment of sovereign bonds with regard to capital requirements as well as introducing limits for large exposures;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the homogenisation of supervisory practices and standards within the euro area is a key objective for the SSM in order to ensure a true level playing field; in this respect, welcomes the agreement on a single implementation of national options and discretion for the euro area; considers that such a single implementation requires a gradual approach and should aim to address all existing barriers and segmentations; stands ready to cooperate at the legislative level to further improve regulatory and supervisory harmonisation;
Amendment 193 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasises in this regard the conflict of interest between monetary and supervisory policy when it comes to emergency aid to banks such as ELA and the assessment of the respective banks' solvency;
Amendment 197 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the ECB’s supervisory strategy, while avoiding any differentiation along national lines, should reflect and safeguard pluralism of banking models across the EU;
Amendment 208 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 209 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomesTakes note of the efficient and open way in which the ECB has so far fulfilled its accountability obligations towards Parliament and calls upon the ECB to continue to fully engage in this regardfurther improve in this regard, especially with regard to protocols, and to further contribute to improving Parliament’s capacity to assess SSM policies and activities;
Amendment 221 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the ECB to annually conduct an external professional audit of its legally required organisational separation of supervisory and monetary policy functions and immediately publish the report;
Amendment 225 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls on the SSM to periodically report to the European Parliament any exchange of information between policy functions under the Decision of the European Central Bank of 17 September 2014 (ECB/2014/39);
Amendment 228 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the efficientTakes note of the setting up of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) and the establishment of the national resolution authorities (NRAs) in the Member States;
Amendment 229 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the efficientTakes note of the setting up of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) and the establishment of the national resolution authorities (NRAs) in the Member States;
Amendment 243 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Encourages the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation and data sharing between the SRB and the ECB as single supervisorSSM, in order to increase efficiency and avoid double reporting for banks, while allowing the SRB to have access to the data necessary to fulfil its institutional mandate;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on Member States to fully and swiftly implement the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) and the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) on transfer and mutualisation of contributions to the Single Resolution Fund; regrets the decision to set up the fund through an IGA rather than through Union law;
Amendment 266 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on Member States to fully and swiftly implement the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) and the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) on transfer and mutualisation of contributions to the Single Resolution Fund; regretstakes note of the decision to set up the fund through an IGA rather than through Union law;
Amendment 273 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Considers that the investment strategy of the SRF should help to break the vicious cycle between banks and sovereigns; recommends, therefore, that any obligations of intergovernmental organisations specified in Article 118 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 should not be eligible assets for investments of the SRF;
Amendment 281 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Stresses the needTakes note, as a consequence of the existence of the national compartments in the SRF, to rapidly put in place an adequate bridge financing mechanism in order to provide the fund, if necessary, with sufficient resources in the period before its completion; recalls that the Eurogroup and the Ecofin ministers identifiedof the agreement of Member States participating in the Banking Union, in their statement of 18 December 20135, the possibility of having recourse to both national sources and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and consio establish a bridge financing mechanism in orders the latter the most effective and credible solution, which could be implemented either through a swift revision of the ESM treaty or through appropriate implementation of the provisions of Article 13 thereofo provide the fund, if necessary, with sufficient resources in the period before its completion;
Amendment 305 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Recalls that the credibility of the BU, and in particular of bail-in and single resolution provisions, requires a common backstop in order to be able to support the SRF, if necessary, beyond its capacity of EUR 55 billion, and considers that its setting-up should start swiftly and be based on the ESMinstalling a common backstop in order to be able to support the SRF, if necessary, does not take into account that economic and fiscal policy are a matter of national competences; any backstop can thus only be provided on Member States' level;
Amendment 307 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Recalls that the credibility of the BU, and in particular of bail-in and single resolution provisions, requires a common backstop in order to be able to support the SRF, if necessary, beyond its capacity of EUR 55 billion, and considers that its setting-up should start swiftly and be baslack credibility, when the SRF together with the banks that are failing do not have sufficient capital available for bail-in; rejects any backstop funded onby the ESMtaxpayer;
Amendment 315 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Emphasises that the added value of the SRM relies on the credibility of the bail-in and calls for rigid rules that put an end to political discretion whether or not to include certain creditors in the process;
Amendment 318 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines that, together with the SSM and the SRM, thany premature capacity to afford the same level of protection to deposits, irrespective of their location, is an indispensable component forwill create moral hazard instead of completing the BU;
Amendment 320 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines that, together with the SSM and the SRM, the capacity to af the call ford the same level of protection to deposits, irrespective of their location, is an indispensable component for completing the BU embodied in the EDIS, implies the socialisation of losses and the institutionalisation of a moral hazard problem;
Amendment 338 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s announcement regarding the presentation of a legislative proposal for the first steps towards a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) by establishing a reinsurance mechanism at EU level for the national deposit guarantee schemes; stresses that there are economic and legal preconditions to any risk sharing mechanisms with regard to deposits, e.g. harmonisation of insolvency laws and full economic policy coordination;
Amendment 340 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s announcement regarding the presentation of a legislative proposal for the first steps towards a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) by establishing a reinsurance mechanism at EU level for the national deposit guarantee schemes;
Amendment 351 #
2015/2221(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Recalls the recent changes made to the Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit guarantee schemes, which should be fully implemented and funded first to see their effects before further changes are made; requests the Commission to review effective implementation, especially taking into account the level of funds already collected and comparing the findings to similar measures that are able to protect deposits, e.g. ring fencing, institutional protection schemes, and other safeguards;
Amendment 17 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Invites the EU institutions and bodies to make a better use of their buildings which stands empty or are not efficiently used, offers its concrete help for migrant women, single mothers and children by making available its unused premises in Strasbourg for temporary migrant housing, as trans boarder flagship project for their integration and for their protection against sex based violence.
Amendment 10 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 58 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 85 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls upon Member States to recognize the fundamental right to freedom of conscience, notes with concern that there are Member States where competent and well-qualified medical staff are denied employment or have their employment ended, because of their conscientious objection to life- ending procedures;
Amendment 209 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the scope of protection from discrimination available to trans people remains uncertain in many Member States; calls for measures to implement effectively national legislation transposing the Gender Equality Directive (recast); points out that such measures could include improved legal definitions and the extension of protections for trans people to include others than those undergoing or have undergone gender reassignment21 ; __________________ 21 Ibid.
Amendment 221 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 237 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights that lack of comparable equality data makes it more difficult to prove twhe existence ofther discrimination exists; calls on the Member States to collect equality data in a systematic way, with scientific methodology and with the involvement of national equality bodies and national courts;
Amendment 263 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that access to justice ismight be limited in discrimination cases; considers it necessary that all persons have equal access to justice and that available and accessible legal advice and assistance is provided to the victims at all stages of the legal process, including in- person counselling, and emotional, personal and moral support, by equality bodies or intermediaries;
Amendment 269 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls that pursuing court cases, and ensuring adequate representation, is still problematic in some cases22 , and urges the Member States to find adequate ways to help victimplaintiffs in this regard, including by means of tax exemptions, legal aid and assistance from specialised NGOs, etc., and by ensuring legal redress and adequate representation; __________________ 22 EPRS, op. cit.
Amendment 294 #
2015/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Call for human rights and civic education that fosters awareness and acceptance of diversityrespect, and that seeks to create an inclusive environment by encouraging the redefinition of norms and the removal of insulting labels;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 19 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 24 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 15% of EU workers have to handle dangerous substances as part of their job; these substances pose risks to both female and male workers but notes however that pregnant women who are exposed to certain toxins are at risk of a complication during pregnancy and/or a birth defect;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas OHS recognises a number of "vulnerable" groups who have an increased risk of working with dangerous substances; they include all workers (male and female) who are inexperienced, have had little or no training, who have communication difficulties, who have existing medical conditions, young people, migrant workers and pregnant and breastfeeding;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 43 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to establish binding European exposure limits for an extended number of toxic substances, as women in particular are often exposed to a cocktail ofreview how successful the REACH Directive has been in safeguarding workers from toxic substances both in the workplace and in the home which can increase health risks, including to the viability of their offspring;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 68 #
2015/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the gender dimensionbiological differences in sex to be taken into account when conducting risk assessments; in this regard, calls for support for gender mainstreaming training, knowledge and activities for safety representatives and labour inspectors, as well as for the exchange of best practices, in order to foster better working conditionse workplace.
Amendment 7 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to "Issue paper on Adoption and Children: A Human Rights Perspective", published by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in particular section II on Respecting children's rights in the adoption procedure,
Amendment 10 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Common minimum standards for the recognition of adoption orders
Amendment 14 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in the area of recognition of adoption orders, the basic principle must always be that any decision should be taken in the best interest of the child and whereas the best interest of the child should be interpreted in accordance with the laws and public policies of the Member State of enforcement;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the requested proposal should not apply to surrogacy arrangements;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 39 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas adoption proceedings should neverometimes commence before anythe decision withdrawing parental authority from the biological parents is final, and the latter have been given the opportunity to exhaust all legal remedies against that decision; whereas the recognition of an adoption order may be refused on this ground as a matter of public policy;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas judicial training in the widest sense is key to mutual trust in all areas of law, including that of adoptionthe principle of mutual recognition - the 'cornerstone' of judicial cooperation - imposes on Member States the obligation, in principle, to give effect to a judgment or decision originating in another Member State;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas more needs to be done to prevent the cross-border trafficking of children, such as surrogacy, for the purpose of adoption;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas Article 67 TFEU states that the Union shall respect the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States;
Amendment 94 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas public policy exemptions serve to safeguard the identity of the Member States, which is reflected in the substantive family law of Member States;
Amendment 120 #
Amendment 155 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, should be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments;
Amendment 202 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests the Commission to submit, by 31 July 2017, on the basis of Articles 67 and 81 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for an act on the cross-border recognition of adoption orders, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto; stresses that, under Art 81(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, if a national Parliament makes known its opposition within six months, the decision shall not be adopted; invites the national parliaments to use their right to veto any Union legislative act which undermines public morals, family law, as well as the protection of human dignity and respect for human physical and moral integrity;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – recital 4
Annex – Part B – recital 4
(4) This Regulation should create a clear, comprehensive legal framework in the area of the cross-border recognition of adoption orders, provide families with appropriate outcomes in terms of legal certainty, predictability and flexibility, and prevent a situation from arising where an adoption order legally made in one Member State is not recognised in another.
Amendment 217 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – recital 5
Annex – Part B – recital 5
(5) This Regulation should cover the recognition of adoption orders made or recognised in a Member State. However, it should not cover the recognition of intercountry adoptions performed in accordance with the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, as that convention already provides for the automatic recognition of such adoptions. This Regulation should therefore apply only to the recognition of domestic adoptions, and to international adoptions not performed under that convention.
Amendment 218 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – recital 6
Annex – Part B – recital 6
(6) There must be a connection between an adoption and the territory of the Member State which maderecognised the adoption order, or recognised it. Accordingly, recognition should be subject to compliance with common rules of jurisdiction.
Amendment 219 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – recital 8
Annex – Part B – recital 8
Amendment 223 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – recital 11
Annex – Part B – recital 11
(11) The automatic recognition in the Member State of enforcement of an adoption order made in another Member State should not jeopardise the public policy or public morality of the Member State of enforcement. Therefore, this Regulation should not affect the substantive family law, including the law on adoption, of the Member States. Furthermore, any recognition of an adoption order under this Regulation should not imply the recognition of the existence of, or give effect to, any legal relationship between adopting parents that is foreign to the Member State of enforcement.
Amendment 228 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 1 – paragraph 3
Annex – Part B – Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. Nothing in this regulation requires a Member State to: (a) recognise the existence of, or give effect to, any legal relationship between parents of an adopted child; (b) mak that is foreign to the Member State of enforcement; (b) recognise adoption orders in circumstances in which the relevant national law does not so allow.
Amendment 229 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 4
Annex – Part B – Article 4
Amendment 231 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 6 – introductory part
Annex – Part B – Article 6 – introductory part
Amendment 233 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 6 – point a
Annex – Part B – Article 6 – point a
(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to public policy (ordre public) or to accepted principles of morality in the Member State addressedof enforcement;
Amendment 235 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 6 – point b
Annex – Part B – Article 6 – point b
(b) if the originating Member State of origin did not have jurisdiction under Article 4.
Amendment 238 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 7 – paragraph 4
Annex – Part B – Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The applicant shall provide the court with a certified copy of the order and, where necessary, a an official translation and/or transliteration of it.
Amendment 241 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 9
Annex – Part B – Article 9
The court to which an application for refusal of recognition is submitted or the court which hears an appeal lodged under Article 8(2) or (3) may stay the proceedings if an ordinary appeal has been lodged against the adoption order in the Member State of origin or if the time for such an appeal has not yet expired. In the latter case, the court may specify the time within which such an appeal is to be lodged.
Amendment 245 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 11
Annex – Part B – Article 11
The authorities of the Member State which has made the adoption order shall, at the request of any interested party, issue a European Certificate of Adoption conforming to the model established in accordance with Article 15 within 4 weeks of the date of receipt of the request.
Amendment 246 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 12 – paragraph 1
Annex – Part B – Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. If a decision or judgment contains a measure or an order which is not known in the law of the Member State addressed, that measure or order shall, to the extent possible, be adapted to a measure or an order known in the law of that Member State which has equivalent effects attached to it and which pursues similar aims and interests. Such adaptation shall not result in effects going beyond those provided for in the law of the Member State of origin.
Amendment 248 #
2015/2086(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Part B – Article 12 – paragraph 2
Annex – Part B – Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. AnyThe interested partyies may challenge the adaptation of the measure or order before a court.
Amendment 143 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that increasing prisons’ capacity is not the solcertainly one solution to overcrowding, as the prison population tends to rise at the same rate as prison capacity; c; considers, furthermore, that the deportation of foreign criminalls nonetheless on Member States to allocate appropriate resources to refurbishment and modernisation of prisons in order to protect the rightswould also reduce overcrowding in prisons; notes with concern that sentencing ofr prisoners; recalls that the Commission recently mentioned the possibility of drawing on the Structural Funds of the European Unionarole hearings may be influenced by a lack of prison space;
Amendment 231 #
2015/2062(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls ononsiders that Member States must do more to combat the growing phenomenon of radicalisation in prison; notes that the United Kingdom is currently establishing three segregation units to keep the most dangerous Islamic extremists away from mainstream prison populations;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ReiteratAcknowledges that for low-income countries, the pressing necessity, for developing countries, of taxing profitsax revenue as a share of GDP might be a useful measure of how much revenue governments are able to extract from the economy, but that, however, this ratio does not reflect where theyr are made government should extract more taxes from the economy;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of the free movement of capital, which is endangered by certain features of tax systems;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that secure property rights, a corruption-free economy, and fiscal freedom bring about prosperity;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Regrets that most low-income countries continually rank among those nations, which have the most economically repressed societies;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Reminds low-income countries, which often already have some of the world's riskiest business environments, that a discussion about higher taxes may generate an even more hostile economic environment for investors and entrepreneurs, which in turn might endanger future growth prospects;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Reminds low-income countries that while a low tax rate can easily be legislated overnight, establishing secure property rights and a corruption-free bureaucracy takes generations to accomplish;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Reminds low-income countries to tax profits very cautiously in order to not endanger growth;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Reminds low-income countries that lower taxes and extracting less tax from society is not so much about attracting foreign direct investment, but empowering local businesses to grow and prosper;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Reminds low-income countries that a lower tax burden compensate domestic and international investors and entrepreneurs for the lack of infrastructure and regulatory shortcomings;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 23 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that a higher tax volume is a result of an economically more developed economy, not the other way around, and that Western nations became prosperous when their government was very small;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
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 it, as has already been called for previouslyWelcomes tax competition as a valuable tool for low-income countries to accelerate their economic development with the side effect of limiting the tax- burden in more developed countries to the benefit of the taxpayers in both developed and countries and low-income countries;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onStresses that the Commission to set up an programme to assist developing countries in combating tax fraud which should include in particular human resources training and the development of administrative structureshas a very limited competence in general tax matters which needs to be taken into account in any effort to assist low-income countries in combating tax fraud;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that, according to the IMF, less complicated tax systems have the advantage of being more easily administered and can help save expenses for human resources training and the development of appropriate administrative structures;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reminds low-income countries that they compete for the employing of expert tax professionals with multinational auditing firms, which are able to outcompete governments for the services of such professionals even in developed countries;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that complicated tax systems regularly benefit multinational corporations, who can afford competent tax advisors, but are detrimental to local SMEs and family businesses;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on EU bodies such as, for instance, the EIB and the EBRD not to cooperate any longer through their financial intermediaries with non-cooperative tax jurisdictions systematically used for tax fraud;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the pledge by EU countries to allocate as quickly as possible 0.7 % of their GDP to official development assistance bearing in mind the pressure on national budgets due to the financial crises and the investment gap of the European economy, which the Commission has diagnosed;
Amendment 56 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CRecalls on the OSCE and the G20 to abide by their pledges and adopt the latest BEPS measures in 2015; that automatic exchange of (tax) information is not self-evidently beneficial, since governments have to acknowledge the sensitivity of tax records and its proper treatment, which could mean that under certain circumstances information must not be shared, when the confidentiality of information is endangered;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the OECD's "Tax Inspectors Without FrontiBorders" initiative and calls on the Commission to undertake a similar project;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the urgent need for a study on the impact of international tax treat the power to negotiate tax treaties rests with the Member Staties;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for a code of conduct to be eststudy to evaluate the viabilished for governments of the countries concerned in order to ensure tax systems are managed efficientlyty of a code of conduct for governments on how to administer efficient tax systems;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CRecalls for the recommendations of the CbC reports to be implemented in all sectors and in all countriesthat corporations may already implement CbCR on a voluntary basis, in order to inform their shareholders as they see fit.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on gender equality and empoweringensuring the application of the equal opportunities principle for men and women in the digital age
Amendment 19 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and LGBTI personsall members of society;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns; whereas women, in particularjust as much as men, face possible negative consequences such as the erosion of workers’ rights and working time boundaries as well as boundaries of professional and non- professional responsibilities, increasing low-paid and less secure types of employment and contributing to the challenge of maintaining a work-life balance;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 42 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 49 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 69 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. reaffirms that not all women are inevitably digitally illiterate because of their sex, notes that there is a significant number of women of all age groups in high profile ICT positions, and invites therefore the Member States to focus on political priority areas for all citizens;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Commission communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’, but regrets its narrow focus, as it underestimates the considerable potential that digitalisation can have with regard to an inclusive, equal and participatory society and fails to give sufficient recognition to the opportunities that targeted support and funding infrastructure can provide for women’s empowerment;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission andInvites the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of womenall members of society in decision- making processes; highlights the major opportunities that digitalisation holds with respect to access to information, transparency and greater government accountability;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 114 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 131 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the gender pay gap remains one of the major issues in relation to the gender gap in the ICT sector, and calls, therefore, on the Member States to finally start actively implementing the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency and continued positive action, preferably by means of legislation, and to introduce wage transparency measures and gender-neutral job evaluations; calls on the Commission to address equal pay in its 2016 work programme initiativeInvites Member States to implement initiatives based on a ‘New Start for working parents’, a to address the pay gap increases even further when people become parents;
Amendment 136 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure betterpromoting digital literacy and the participation of all men/boys and women/girls in ICT education and training; highlights, in this connection, the need to ensure improved access to education for all;
Amendment 150 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the CommissionInvites Member States to promote digital technologies as tools for reducing barriers to entry in the labour market in the framework of lifelong learning and to set EU benchmarks for public and private investment in skills as a percentage of GDP;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 165 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 168 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Holds that, especially with regard to the objective of the Digital Single Market Strategy of creating the right conditions for an innovative and competitive ICT environment and improvements for finance opportunities for SMEs and start- ups, women’s access to funding needs special consideration gender-independent access to financial assistance for all employers in the free financial market on the basis of economic evaluations should be given special attention, in order to improve finance opportunities for SMEs and start- ups;
Amendment 171 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 173 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 175 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 178 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 182 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence aInvites political decision-makers in Member States to pursue crimes committed on the internet without, however, negatinst women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properlyg the fundamentally vested right to freedom of expression and information;
Amendment 198 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission andEmphasises the importance of raising public awareness of the value and benefits of civil liberties and of the advantages of a free society, calls therefore on the Member States to consider the changed realities of women and girlall internet users, on account of digitalisation, in the implementation of future EU data protection legislation; emphasises that data controllers may only use sensitive data for limited purposes and may under no circumstances further share such data;
Amendment 204 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the CommissionInvites Member States to launch and support e-literacy and training programmes, as well as awareness campaigns, thereby raising awareness of the potential risks of the digital world and how to counter them; calls on the Commission to promote campaigns against stereotypes in social media and digital media;
Amendment 211 #
2015/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 93 #
2015/0270(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 1145 of the Treaty on the Ffunctioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8- 0371/2015),
Amendment 94 #
2015/0270(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to Articles 294(2) and (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 99 #
2015/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to Article 115 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof,
Amendment 533 #
2015/0270(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 41 o – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 41 o – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Member State or Member States in which the participating DGS was established, officially recognised or approved in accordance with Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU shall guarantee repayment of the funds provided by the Board.
Amendment 26 #
Amendment 30 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 42 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and shoulding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivat be able to keep and acquire firearms classified in category A subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned.
Amendment 47 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 66 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 86 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should bare adopted in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 99 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breach block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
Amendment 101 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1e
Article 1 – paragraph 1e
1e. For the purposes of this Directive, "broker" shall mean any natural or legal person, other than a dealer whose trade or business consists wholly or partly in buying, selling or arranging the transfer within a Member State, from one Member State to another Member State or exporting to a third country or importing to a Member State from a third country fully assembled firearms, their parts and ammunition.
Amendment 104 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Article 1 – paragraph 1h
Amendment 113 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police, the public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognized as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
Amendment 122 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any firearm or parand any essential component placed on the market has been marked and registered in compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 130 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import to the Union or as soon as possible thereafter, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark.
Amendment 131 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 155 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) are at least 18 years of age, except in relation to the acquisition, other than through purchase, and possession of firearms for hunting and target shooting, provided that in that case persons of less than 18 years of age have parental permission, or are under parental guidance or the guidance of an adult with a valid firearms or hunting licence, or are within a licenced or otherwise approved training centre;
Amendment 170 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it was granted is no longer met.
Amendment 173 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) This Directive is without prejudice to the ownership of firearms and ammunition acquired through inheritance; Member States shall restrain the possession of such firearms by owners who are not duly authorised.
Amendment 181 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those. In exceptional and duly reasoned cases, the competent authorities may grant authorisations for the acquisition and possession of such firearms and ammunition wheld in violation of this provision and seizedre this is not contrary to public security or public order.
Amendment 198 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
The acquisition of firearms and their paressential components and ammunition concerning categories A, B and C by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(*), shall be authorised only with respect to dealers and brokers and shall be subject to the strict control of the Member States.
Amendment 231 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, including a fitness check of the new provisions, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted two years after the entry into force of this Directive."
Amendment 237 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Amendment 244 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Amendment 247 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Amendment 258 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 5
5. Alarm and signal weaponsFirearms under categories A, B and points 1 to 4 of category C, after having been converted to alarm, signal, salute and, acoustic weapons as well as replicas;, gas, paintball or airsoft, Flobert, or percussion lock weapons.
Amendment 260 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category C – point 6
Amendment 263 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Amendment 269 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point c
Amendment 206 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
Amendment 269 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) an offer of securities whose denomination per unit amounts to at least EUR 100 000;
Amendment 304 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 1
- companies, which, according to their last annual or consolidated accounts, meet at least two of the following three criteria: an average number of employees during the financial year of less than 250, a total balance sheet not exceeding EUR 43100 000 000 and an annual net turnover not exceeding EUR 51 000 000 000; or
Amendment 360 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
There shall be no requirement to provide a summary in any of the following cases:
Amendment 361 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a – point a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a – point a (new)
(a) where the prospectus relates to the admission to trading on a regulated market of non-equity securities offered initially solely to qualified investors;
Amendment 362 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a – point b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a – point b (new)
(b) where there is an offer of securities whose denomination per unit amounts at least to EUR 100,000;
Amendment 363 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a – point c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a – point c (new)
(c) where there is an offer of securities addressed to investors who acquire securities for a total consideration of at least EUR 100,000 per investor, for each separate offer.
Amendment 400 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) under a sub-section titled 'What are the key risks that are specific to the issuer?' a brief description of no more than five of the most material risk factors specific to the issuer contained in the category of highest materiality according to Article 16.
Amendment 426 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) under a sub-section titled 'What are the key risks that are specific to the securities?' a brief description of no more than five of the most material risk factors specific to the securities, contained in the category of highest materiality according to Article 16.
Amendment 453 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
However, Member States shall ensure that no civil liability shall attach to any person solely on the basis of the summary, including any translation thereof, unless it is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent, when read together with the other parts of the prospectus, it is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent or it does not provide, when read together with the other parts of the prospectus, key information in order to aid investors when considering whether to invest in such securities. The summary shall contain a clear warning to that effect.
Amendment 473 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
SMEs may choose to draw up a prospectus under the minimum disclosure regime for SMEs in the case of an offer of securities to the public provided that they have no securities admitted to trading on a regulated market.
Amendment 574 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 586 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. The representative shall be the contact point of the third country issuer in the Union for the purposes of this Regulation, through which any official correspondence with the competent authority shall take place. The representative shall, together with the third country issuer,third country issuer shall be responsible for ensuring compliance of the prospectus with the requirements of this Regulation, in accordance with Chapters VII and VIII of this Regulation, towards the competent authority of the home Member State.
Amendment 642 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall enter into force ontwo months after the date of entry into force of relevant and necessary Level 2 legislation, but not before the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 643 #
2015/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Amendment 75 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Actions and activities of the Programme shall ensure European added value in particular throughonly if at least three of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 98 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 105 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) expertise related to policy advice, policy change, and legislative, institutional, structural and administrative reforms;
Amendment 106 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the provision of expert(s) (including resident experts), for a short or long period, to perform tasks in specific domains or to carry out operational activities, where necessary with interpretation, translation and cooperation support, administrative assistance and infrastructure and equipment facilities;
Amendment 108 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Amendment 109 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 111 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 112 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 113 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 114 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 115 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 121 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 126 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme shall be up to EUR 142 80 280 000.
Amendment 127 #
2015/0263(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 163 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The EFSI should be in accordance with Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which states that the following should be prohibited as incompatible with the single market: all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the single market.
Amendment 196 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The EFSI, being an Alternative Investment Fund, should only support strategic investments with high economic value added contributing to achieving Union policy objectives.
Amendment 243 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The EFSI invests its means during the investment period and is wound up when its lifecycle has ended.
Amendment 345 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) The EFSI and its Managers are subject to Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and, when applicable, the exemptions thereof.
Amendment 353 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to enable the EFSI to support investments, the Union should grant a temporary guarantee of an amount less or equal to EUR 168 000 000 000 at any point in time. When provided on a portfolio basis, the guarantee coverage should be capped depending upon the type of instrument, such as debt, equity or guarantees, as a percentage of the volume of the portfolio of outstanding commitments. It is expected that when the guarantee is combined with EUR 5 000 000 000 to be provided by the EIB, that the EFSI support should generate EUR 60 800 000 000 additional investment by the EIB and EIF. This EUR 60 800 000 000 supported by the EFSI is expected to generate a total of EUR 315 000 000 000 in investment in the Union within the period 2015 to 2017. Guarantees that are attached to projects which are completed without a call on a guarantee are available for supporting new operations.
Amendment 460 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The guarantee fund is intended to provide a liquidity cushion for the Union budget against losses incurred by the EFSI in pursuit of its objectives. Experience on the nature of investments to be supported by the EFSI indicateshall act as a firewall to the Union budget and cover any and all losses incurred by the EFSI in pursuit of its objectives. The Union's total guarantee obligations tshat a ratio of 50% betwll not exceend the paymentcontributions from the Union budget and from the Union's total guarantee obligations would be adequatto the EFSI at any time.
Amendment 463 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) All payments to the guarantee fund and budget decisions otherwise associated with the operation of the EFSI should be fully consistent with the terms of the multiannual financial framework and authorised by the European Parliament and the Council through the annual budgetary procedure.
Amendment 522 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 545 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall conclude annegotiate a draft agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the establishment of a temporary European Fund for Strategic Investments ('EFSI'). The EFSI Agreement shall be approved by the co- legislators, prior to the entry into force of this Regulation so as to ensure that the EFSI Agreement provides for the proper implementation of the Regulation. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 584 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 627 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) provisions governing the establishment of the EFSI as a distinct, clearly identifiable and transparent guarantee facility and separate account managed by the EIBmanaged account;
Amendment 642 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) a provision that any investments of the EFSI must be undertaken within three years after the date on which it has been set up ("investment period");
Amendment 651 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) provisions establishing a procedure to wind-up the EFSI after its investment period has ended;
Amendment 655 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) a provision that the EU guarantee may only be used for investments undertaken during the investment period of the EFSI;
Amendment 903 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Union shall provide a guarantee to the EIB for financing or investment operations carried out within the Union covered by this Regulation ('EU guarantee'). The EU guarantee shall be granted as a guarantee on demand in respect of instruments referred to in Article 6. The EU guarantee may only be used for investments undertaken during the investment period of the EFSI.
Amendment 1071 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Provided that all relevant eligibility criteria are fulfilled, Member States may use European Structural and Investment Funds, in accordance with EU state aid rules, to contribute to the financing of eligible projects in which the EIB is investing with the support of the EU guarantee, provided that both the eligibility criteria of the relevant instruments and of the EFSI are fulfilled..
Amendment 1103 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The EU guarantee to the EIB shall be of an amount equal to EUR 16 000 000 000, of which amaximum amount of the EU guarantee is EUR 8 000 000 000. At any point in time, the EU guarantee to the EIB may not exceed the endowment of the guarantee fund. A maximum amount of EUR 2 500 000 000 may be allocated for EIB funding to the EIF in accordance with paragraph 2. Without prejudice to Article 8(9), aggregate payments from the Union under the guarantee to the EIB shall not exceed the amount of the guarantee.
Amendment 1141 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Endowments to the guarantee fund referred to in paragraph 2 shall be used to reach an appropriate level to reflect the total EU guarantee obligations ('target amount'). The target amount shall be set at 50% ofis equal to the Union's total guarantee obligations.
Amendment 1159 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1309 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1380 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 6 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination, which is turning into a constant infringement of human rights;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking regardless of the sexual orientation of the offender/perpetrator, also because of the new technologies and the internet, and whereas in some cases this violence results in femicides and/or so-called crimes of honour;
Amendment 31 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender discrimination based on sex continues to this day, having serious repercussions on work, family and private life and whereas this frequently happens in the field of education, training and services; whereas there are often cases of multiple discrimination against women;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence against women and homophobiamen, regardless of the sexual orientation of the offender/perpetrator and the victim, improving prevention and providing protection and assistance to victims, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly and victims of multiple discrimination;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 76 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 85 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 90 #
2014/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Invites the Member States to fully implement the existing national law aimed at combating violence and discrimination based on sex, and to proceed on an evaluation of the existing applicable national law with relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 7 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that for the Union to meet the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and to address current and new challenges effectively, it needs to be granted a budget that is commensurate with the mission it is called on to accomplish; considers that the number of tasks transferred to the Union is excessive; considers that the current level of the EU budget, which corresponds to 1 % of the EU-28 GDP, is not sufficientmuch too achieve these goalshigh and must be reduced;
Amendment 27 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the EU budget needs toshould under no circumstances be endowed with a system of genuine own resources, with simplicity, fairness and transparency as guiding principles; considers that such a system should reduce the share of GNI contributions to the EU budget with a view to abandoning the ‘juste retour’ approach of Member States; insists, in this context, on the phasing-out of all forms of rebates; considers that the GNI contributions should be cut; insists, in this context, on gradual but drastic reduction of the EU budget;
Amendment 28 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the great diversity of the different national and regional traditions, both cultural and constitutional, belonging to all of the Member States of our continent;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for the EU budget to be simple, clear and easily understood by EU citizens, and to be based on a structure that allows it to be compared and coordinated with national budgets; considers that these should be underpinning principles for both the expenditure and revenue sides ofemphasises, in particular, that the Member States should themselves designate the GNI contributions in the EUir budgets;
Amendment 44 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the multiannual financial framework should not allow for maximumany flexibility sin order toce the respondse to crises cand evolving political priorities be triggered within the funds established for this purpose; stresses, in this context, the need to make available in the budgeensure that all extraordinary revenue resulting from decommitments under the EU budget or competition fines flows back to the Member States;
Amendment 47 #
2014/2248(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 101 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 136 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 158 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Union is a constitutional system based on the rule of law; whereas the Treaties must be changed to give the European Court of Justice (ECJ) jurisdiction over all aspects of EU law, in particular common foreign and security policy (Article 24(1) TEU) and monetary and economic policy (Article 126(10) TFEU);
Amendment 195 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the decline of Europe’s defence capabilities has thankfully limited its ability to project stabilitywar, death, and destruction beyond our immediate borders; whereas this goes hand in hand with the reluctance of our US allies to intervene if Europe is not ready to take its fair share of responsibility; whereas this leads inevitably to the need for more intense cooperation among the Member States and an integration of some of their defence capacities into a European defence community, both in line with a new European security strategy;
Amendment 216 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas clarifications are stillno longer needed as regards the European elections and on the matter of who leads the Union - namely, because only the Member States are legitimately in charge of the Union; whereas, despite the outcome of the 2014 European parliamentary elections having for the first time led directly to the nomination of the candidate for President of the Commission, a clear direct democratic link is still lacking, although the European Council has agreed to review the ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process in time for 201918; whereas, moreover, there is still confusion – not least among third parties – about the interrelationship of the Presidents of the Commission and the European Council; __________________ 18 EUCO conclusions of 27 June 2014.
Amendment 217 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas clarifications are still needed as regards the European elections and on the matter of who leads the Union; whereas, despite the outcome of the 2014 European parliamentary elections having for the first time led directly to the nomination of the candidate for President of the Commission, a clear direct democratic link is still lacking, although the European Council has agreed to review the so-called ‘Spitzenkandidat’ process used without any legal basis in 2014 in time for 201918; whereas, moreover, there is still confusion – not least among third parties – about the interrelationship of the Presidents of the Commission and the European Council; __________________ 18 EUCO conclusions of 27 June 2014.
Amendment 247 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the UK’s decision creates an opportunity to reduce and drastically simplify the ‘variable geometry’ and complexity of the Union; wherBrexit decision could at leas it offers at least the opportunity to clarify what membership of the Union really means and what could be a clear structure in the future for the EU’s relationship with non- members in our periphery (the United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.); whereas the founding fathers of the Union had already envisaged a type of ‘associate status’;
Amendment 257 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas the political elites have made an attempt to irreversibly develop the EU into a federation with the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992, and especially with its change to a ‘constitutional treaty’ at Lisbon in 2007 despite the referenda in France and the Netherlands in 2005, and despite the fact that 7 Member States had to forego the referendum process;
Amendment 259 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. whereas the vision of an ‘ever closer Union’ necessarily leads to the individual Member States and the people of said Member States to lose their national sovereignty in favour of the EU institutions;
Amendment 274 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that only the national democracies, built by their nations through painful pasts, are able to offer their citizens the space for identity and safety which they need and want, and that only the national democracies can enable and adequately protect the greatest individual and collective liberties;
Amendment 275 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that stable democratic nation states are the foundation of our peaceful world order and that international organisations with no national identity which depend on voluntary association can be of help in this regard;
Amendment 279 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the direction of the Union’s reform should lead it towards its modernisation by establishing new effective European capacities and instruments, rather than its renationalisation by means of greater intergovernmentalism;
Amendment 291 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 300 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 334 #
Amendment 338 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
For a Europe of fatherlands, living together in friendship and neighbourliness
Amendment 343 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the fracturing process of ‘variable geometry’, which has found its way into the European decision-making process every time the European Council decides to apply intergovernmental methods and to bypass the ‘Union method’ as defined in the Treaties; this not only leads to less effective policy-making but also contributes to a growing lack of transparency, democratic accountability and control, complies with the ‘United in Diversity’ principle, because only intergovernmental methods do justice to the diversity of the Member States and make it possible for them to co-exist as good neighbours;
Amendment 348 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that rule-of-law structures, economic prosperity and a stable, performance-focused social system fall within the national responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 349 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that policy in the Union is characterised by a creeping loss of democracy and that the Union has become an undemocratic construct, whose policy is shaped by bureaucracies without democratic controls; calls, therefore, for major reforms to the Union, so that the Member States can become the leading lights of freedom and democracy in the world once again;
Amendment 352 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ‘Union method’ is the only method for legislating which ensures that all interests, especially the common European interest, are taken into account; uUnderstands by ‘Union method’ that the Commission as the executive initiates legislation, Parliament and the Council representing respectively the citizens and the states decide by majority voting, and the Court of Justice oversees and provides ultimate judicial control;
Amendment 361 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ‘Union method’ is the only method for legislating which ensures that all interests, especially the common European interest, are taken into account; understands by ‘Union method’ that the Commission as the executive initiates legislation, Parliament and the Council representing respectively the citizens and the states decide by majority votingunanimity, and the Court of Justice oversees and provides ultimate judicial control;
Amendment 364 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a flexible network in which every Member State can participate as much as possible;
Amendment 372 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it essential in these circumstances to reaffirmconsider and reassess the mission of an ‘ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe’ (Article 1 TEU) in order to mitigate any tendency towards disintegration and to clarify once more the moral, political and historical purpose, as well as the constitutional nature, of the European Unionake it possible for the Member States to guarantee the freedom and safety of their citizens, support their citizens’ well-being and contribute to a peaceful and prosperous Europe;
Amendment 377 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 427 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that the appointment of Guy Verhofstadt MEP as ‘the European Parliament’s representative for the Brexit negotiations’ is the result of non- transparent backroom diplomacy within Parliament and was not decided in plenary;
Amendment 428 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the fact that, until the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom, it will continue to participate in all decision-making of the Union throughout its institutions, with the exception of the negotiations and the agreement concerning its own withdrawal; considers that intermediate arrangements will need to be made concerning the UK’s participation in European decision- making, as it will be politically difficult to allow a Member State in the process of leaving to influence decisions affecting the Union of which it will soon cease to be a member;
Amendment 462 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is greatly concerned by the lack of economic reform and convergence in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) as well as the loss of competitiveness of the economies of many of its Member States;
Amendment 491 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that neitherRegrets that the Stability and Growth Pact nor theand ‘no bail-out’ clause (Article 125 TFEU) provide the intended solutions, and that they have furthermore lost credibility in their current form, ashave been persistently infringed and have thus lost credibility; the pact has been infringed by several Member States without political or legal consequences, while Greece has, in breach of the ‘no-bail-out clause’, been bailed out on a large scale on three occasions;
Amendment 496 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Acknowledges the improvements brought byat the European Semester, the six- pack and the two-pack aimed at addressing these issues, but concludes that they have not solved the problems; believes, moreover, that they have contributed to making the system overly complex, are not binding with regard to have brought no improvements, as they have been replaced by ineffective political country-specific recommendations and do not cover spill- over effects between one Member State and another, or to the euro area or the EU as a wholeol mechanisms through numerous weakened market control interventions;
Amendment 516 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is acutely aware of the need to review the efficacy of the many recent crisis-management measures taken by the EU, and to codify in primary law certain decision-making procedures – such as ‘reverse qualified majority voting’ – as well as the need to entrench the legal bases of the new regulatory framework for the financial sector; agrees with the Five Presidents’ Report that the ‘open method of coordination’ as the basis for Europe’s economic strategy does not function and needs to be elevated into binding legal acts;
Amendment 531 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes therefore merging the deficit and debt procedures, the macroeconomic imbalance procedure and the country-specific recommendations into a single ‘convergence code’ of a legally binding nature, setting minimum and maximum standards, where only compliance with this code would allow access to EU funds for investment projects or participation in new instruments that combine economic reform with fiscal incentives such as a fiscal capacity for the euro area or a common debt instrument; the coordination of economic policies as provided for in Article 5 TFEU would therefore become a ‘shared competence’ between the Union and the Member Statesintroducing an insolvency mechanism for the Member States of the Eurozone;
Amendment 548 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 565 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 584 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the integration of the Fiscal Compact into the EU legal framework as well as the incorporation of the ESM and the Single Resolution Fund into EU law, with corresponding democratic oversight by Parliamentbe abolished;
Amendment 596 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 615 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 629 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 644 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 677 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers it necessary to endowreinforce the European Central Bank with the status of lender of last resort enjoying the full powers of a federal reserve bank´s role in which it should not act as the lender of last resort in accord with its limited purpose and mission;
Amendment 678 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers it necessary, owing to the poor supervision of the ECB, which has gone beyond its mandate to set monetary policy multiple times, to introduce a mechanism which makes it possible for countries to withdraw from the Eurozone;
Amendment 680 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 702 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls, finally, for the banking union to be completed as soon as possible on Notes that the banking union is a mistake, and that completing it will still not be able to prevent further basis of a fast-track timetablenking crises from occurring given the fact that the causes of the crisis lie in the failure of the euro itself;
Amendment 719 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 734 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the Treaties provide ample means to set up a humane, well- functioning migration management system including a European Border and Coast Guard; believes, however, that the Treaties, particularly Article 79(5) TFEU, are too restrictive regarding other aspects of migration, especially on the establishment of a genuine European legal migration system; iInsists that democratic scrutiny by Parliament is needed on the implementation of border control, asylum and migration policies, and that the safeguarding of national security cannot be used as a pretext to circumvent European action;
Amendment 737 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the Treaties provide ample means to set up a humane, well- functioning migration management system including a European Border and Coast Guard; believes, however, that the Treaties, particularly Article 79 (5) TFEU, are too restrictive regarding other aspects of migration, especially on the establishment of a genuine European legal migration system; insists that democratic scrutiny by Parliament is needed on the implementation of border stresses that Article 79 should not expressly affect the right of the Member States to determine the volumes of admission of third-countrol, asylum and migration policies, and that the safeguarding of national security cannot be used as a pretext to circumvent European actiony nationals coming from third countries to their territory in order to seek work in accordance with Article 79(5) of the Treaty;
Amendment 741 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the Treaties provide ample means to set up a humane, well- functioning migration management system including a European Border and Coast Guard; believes, however, that the Treaties, particularly Article 79(5) TFEU, are too restrictive regarding other aspects of migration, especially on the establishment of a genuine European legal migration system; insists that democratic scrutiny by Parliament is needed on the implementation of border control, asylum and migration policies, and that the safeguarding of national security cannot be used as a pretext to circumvent European action;
Amendment 756 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers it necessary, in view of the intensity of the terrorist threat, to upgrade the EU’s capacities of the Member States in the fight against terrorism and international organised crime; stresses that, beyond strengthening coordination between the competent authorities and agencies in the Member States, Europol and Eurojust must receive genuine investigation and prosecution competences and capabilities must be strengthened;
Amendment 764 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 770 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Regrets, as stated in its resolution of XXXXX on the improvement of the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty, that the EU has not made more progress in developing its capacity to agree and to implement a common foreign and security policy (CFSP); notes that its efforts in initiating a common security and defence policy have not been particularly successfulNotes that efforts in initiating a common security and defence policy have not been particularly successful, and hence calls for jurisdiction over foreign policy to be devolved to the Member States;
Amendment 773 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Regrets, as stated in itslieved, in contrast to resolution of XXXXX on the improvement of the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty, that the EU has not made more progress in developing its capacity to agree and to implement a common foreign and security policy (CFSP); notes that its efforts in initiating a common security and defence policy have not been particularly successful;
Amendment 779 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Is of the opinion, while reiterating that more progress could and should be made under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, including as regards use of the provisions to act by qualified majority voting, that the Vice-President / High Representative should be named EU Foreign Minister and be supported in her efforts to become the main external representative of the European Union in international fora, not least at the level of the UN; considers it essential that, owing to the broad and heavy workload, the Foreign Minister should be able to appoint political deputies; proposes a review of the functionality of the current European External Action Service;
Amendment 803 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that for the Union to strengthen the defence of the EU territory, as a pillar within NATO, which remains the cornerstone of the European security architecture, and to enable the Union to act autonomously in operations abroad, mainly with a view to stabilising its neighbourhood through non- intervention, the Treaties should provide forevent the possibility of establishing a European defence union;
Amendment 804 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that for the Union to strengthen the defence of the EU territory, as a pillar within NATO, which remains the cornerstone of the European security architecture, and to enable the Union to act autonomousNATO shall also be the cornerstone of the international security architecture in future providing that NATO remains solely a defence union, and it calls on the Member States to strengthen the European section of the Atlantic alliance substantially inby operations abroad, mainly with a view to stabilising its neighbourhood, the Treaties should provide for the possibility of establishing a European defence uniontimising the military capabilities of the national armed forces of all the Member States in order to meet strategic and military requirements;
Amendment 811 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 839 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 866 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Reiterates its call for the size of the renewed Commission to be reduced substantially and for its vice-presidents to be reduced to two: the Finance Minister and the Foreign Minister; suggests that the same reduction be applied to the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 871 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 885 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Notes that the procedure whereby European political parties promoted their top candidates for the 2014 European Parliament Elections neither had a solid political base, nor was it based on Community law, and as such should no longer be used in future;
Amendment 899 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for a single seat for the European Parliament; proposes that Parliament and the Council each decide the location of their own seat after having obtained the consent of the other; further proposes that the seats of all the other EU institutions, agencies and bodies be determined by Parliament and the Council on a proposal by the European executive, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure; reiterates the fact that 13 EU institutions are based in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
Amendment 977 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
Amendment 990 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Insists that Parliament’s right of inquiry should be reinforced and be granted specific, genuine and clearly delimited powers which are more in line with its political stature and competences, including the right to summon witnesses, to have full access to documents, to conduct on-the-spot investigations and to impose sanctions for non-compliance;
Amendment 994 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Recalls its conviction that the financing of the EU budget should respect the letter and the spirit of the Treaty and return to a system of genuine, clear, simple and fair own resources; stresses that the reintroduction of such resources would put an end to the share of GNI- based contributions and thus lessen the burden on national treasuries; awaits with interest the proposals from the high-level group on own resources in this respect;
Amendment 1002 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Proposes in this regard that the decision-making procedures for both own resources and the MFF should be shifted from unanimity to qualified majority voting, thereby inducing real co-decision between the Council and Parliament on all budgetary mattersback to unanimity; repeats its call, furthermore, to make the MFF coterminous with the mandates of Parliament and the European executive, and insists that the finances of all Union agencies should become an integral part of the EU budget;
Amendment 1009 #
2014/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 8 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33
Citation 33
– having regard to its resolution of 13 October 2005 on women and poverty in the European Union21 , __________________ 21and its resolution on women and poverty in the European Union (2004/2217 (INI)) P6_TA (2005)0388, __________________ 21 OJ C 233 E, 28.9.2006, p. 130. OJ C 233 E, 28.9.2006, p. 130.
Amendment 10 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2009 on non-discrimination based on sex and intergenerational solidarity (2008/2118 (INI)),
Amendment 13 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to the Declaration by the trio presidency (Spain, Belgium and Hungary) and Poland on the impacts of reconciliation of work and family life on demographic dynamics (adopted at the Godollo Ministerial Conference, 1st April 2011),
Amendment 20 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the principle of equal treatment of women and men implies that there must be no discrimination whatsoever, be it direct or indirect, also on account of motherhood, fatherhood and the fact of shouldering family responsibilities;
Amendment 35 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas economists and demographers (World bank, OCDE, IMF) use economic and mathematical models to highlight the economic value of household production- carried out mainly by women- and that women's contribution to GDP would be even higher if their unpaid work were factored in, which proves discrimination of women's work;
Amendment 38 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas home caregivers remain (both men and women) discriminated against in terms of the failure to count their years of work towards pensions and entitlements;
Amendment 65 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the failure to promote policies making for work-life balance in general and the lack of childcare facilities and in particular the lack of freedom of choice for mothers and fathers pose a major obstacle to women’s economic independence and their rise to positions of responsibility;
Amendment 74 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the sharing of family and domestic responsibilities between men and women, to be brought about not least through a greater uptake of parental leave and paternity leave, is essential in order to achieve gender equality between men and women; whereas a quarter of Member States do not offer paternity leave and they are free to do so because that issue is a matter of national competency;
Amendment 90 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 105 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 110 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender and women’s rights into their policy-making and budget procedures, especially in connection with stimulus packages, by carrying out gender impact analyses in every caseuphold the principle of equal opportunities for all men and women in public policies where the EU has a clear competency;
Amendment 151 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges Eurostat to assess the possibility of developing measures to highlight the value of invisible work in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO)
Amendment 163 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for changes in the family unit when drawing up their taxation and compensation policies, in particular by providing support to one-parent families and older people in the form of tax credits or health care assistance; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that men and women caring for children or the elderly should receive recognition by giving individual rights particularly regarding social security and pensions
Amendment 173 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Congratulates Sweden, Belgium, France, Slovenia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom on achieving the Barcelona objectives and calls on the other Member States to continue their efforts; calls on the Member States to go beyond the Barcelona objectives by adopting a more systematic and integrated approach, to be implemented jointly by national and local authorities, to education and preschool care services, in particular for very young children under 3; calls on the Commission to provide continuing financial support to Member States so that they can offer childcare systems that parents can afford; whereas, the right balance can only be struck between family plans, private life and professional ambitions if the people concerned have genuine freedom of choice, in economic and social terms, and are supported by political and economic decisions at the European and national level without being penalised, and if the requisite infrastructure is in place
Amendment 179 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for careful analysis to be brought to bear on the studies which suggest that an employment contract should be replaced by an activity contract so as to allow for mobility, alternation, life cycles, and career breaks, as regards both employment and work in a self-employed capacity, accounted for by training or caring
Amendment 186 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. notes that such policy decisions are based on individual freedom of choice, especially for women and mothers, who must be entitled to have as many children as they want while pursuing such activities as they might wish to engage in at different stages in their lives, and also allowed to change their minds without being subjected to discrimination, since all these things form part and parcel of the rights attaching to citizenship
Amendment 225 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 238 #
2014/2217(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Invites the Commission to maintain in its policy priorities the access to quality, affordable, acceptable and accessible prenatal and maternal health care services, relational, affective and sexual education for boys and girls under the prior responsibility of their parents, voluntary family planning including natural family planning methods, while combating sex based discrimination leading to sex-selective and involuntary abortions, forced sterilization and sexual violence, as well as ensuring the provision of prenatal and maternal health care supplies, including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support without discrimination
Amendment 5 #
2014/2143(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas twohree Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) explicitly address women’s rightbasic needs, namely the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women (MDG 3), the reduction of child mortality rates (MDG 4) and the improvement of maternal health (MDG 5);
Amendment 7 #
2014/2143(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Member States have committed themselves to promoting gender equalitywomen’s empowerment in twelve critical areas for concern under the Beijing Platform for Action; whereas many states, including EU Member States, made some reservations as to the vague language used in the Platform; whereas in its 15-year implementation review, the Council concluded that women’s rights remain to be ensured in most of these areas;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2143(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Finds it regrettable that the current MDGs have not effectively addressed the structural causes of gender inequality and stresses the fact that this is caused not only by a lack of resources but of political will as wellalways focused on real women’s needs;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2143(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 38 #
2014/2143(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. . Calls for ambitious gender-specific targets to be set as regards ending the feminisation of poverty and closing gender gaps, including enhanced access for women and girls to quality education, universal access to quality health care, the enhancement of access for women to sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly access to healthcare facilities, basic medicines and clean water, a lack of which is considered to be a primary cause of maternal and foetal mortality, the boosting of women’s social and economic independence, particularly in terms of employment and their participation in decision-making processes, and the ending of all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 227 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) to refute any market assumption that large credit institutions benefit from an implicit government subsidy.
Amendment 238 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the introduction of a liquidity transfer pricing mechanism to eliminate cross subsidisation of trading activities by deposits eligible under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in accordance with Directive 2014/49/EU1a; __________________ 1aDirective 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit-guarantee schemes. OJ L 173, 12.06.2014, p.149
Amendment 242 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any credit institution or an EU parent, including all its branches and subsidiaries irrespective of where they are located, when it or its EU parent is identified as a global systemically important institution (G-SIIs) in application of Article 131 of Directive 2013/36/EU;
Amendment 289 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 16
16. ‘core credit institution’ means a credit institution that at the minimum takes deposits eligible under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in accordance with Directive 94/19/EC33 ; __________________ 33Directive 94/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on deposit-guarantee schemes, OJ L 135, 31.05.1994 pages 0005 to 0014.qualifying deposits;
Amendment 291 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 16 a (new)
16 a. "qualifying deposits" are deposits eligible under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in accordance with Directive 2014/49/EU1a, excluding deposits from individuals who have held assets to the value of at least €250,000 for a period of at least 12 months and excluding deposits from large undertakings with income of not less than €6.5m, a balance sheet not less than €3.25m, or not less than 50 employees. __________________ 1aDirective 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit-guarantee schemes. OJ L 173, 12.06.2014, p.149
Amendment 342 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The restrictions laid down in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall not apply with regard to closed-ended and unAIFs, which are not significantly leveraged AIFs as defined in Directive 2011/61/EU where those AIFs are established in the Union or, if they are not established in the Union, they are marketed in the Union according to Articles 35 or 40 of Directive 2011/61/EU ,and Article 111 of the Regulation 231/2013 to qualifying venture capital funds as defined in Article 3(b) of Regulation (EU) No 345/2013, to qualifying social entrepreneurship funds as defined in Article 3(b) of Regulation (EU) No 346/2013, and to AIFs authorized as ELTIFs in accordance with Regulation (EU) No [XXX/XXXX].
Amendment 425 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the competent authority may decide not to review the activities of any credit institution for the purposes of this Chapter, provided that: (a) the core credit institution shall be statutorily prevented from engaging in the regulated activity of dealing in investments as principal and holding trading assets, with limited exceptions to allow the core credit institution to undertake risk-mitigating activities for the purpose of prudently managing its capital, liquidity and funding and to provide limited risk management services to customers; or (b) if the core credit institution belongs to a group, it shall be legally separated from group entities that engage in the regulated activity of dealing in investments as principal or hold trading assets and meets the following conditions: (i) it is able to make decisions independently of other group entities; (ii) it has a management body that is independent of other group entities and independent of the credit institution itself; (iii)it is subject to capital and liquidity requirements in its own right; (iv) it may not enter into contracts or transactions with other group entities other than on terms similar to those referred to in Article 13(7). Separation or restrictions under national legislation must be achieved on a timetable comparable to separation under this Regulation.
Amendment 526 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Unless the core credit institution demonstrates, within the time limit referred to in the first subparagraph, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the reasons leading to the conclusions are not justified, the competent authority shall adopt a decision addressing the core credit institution and, requiring it to not to carry out the trading activities specified in those conclusions. TIf a decision by the competent authority shall state the reasons for its decision and publicly disclose itdoes not include a requirement to stop certain activities, the core credit institution shall implement measures necessary to protect retail depositors eligible under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in accordance with Directive 2014/49//EU by addressing any cross- subsidisation of risky trading activity through the introduction of a liquidity transfer pricing mechanism according to next subparagraph.
Amendment 687 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) take deposits that are eligible under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme in accordance with Directive 94/19/EC except where the said deposit relates to the exchange of collateral relating to trading activities;qualifying deposits
Amendment 772 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 779 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
When the subsidiary of an EU parent is established in another Member State and supervised by a different supervisor than the EU parent and when the subsidiary is significant in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, the consolidating supervisor shall consult endeavour to reach agreement with the competent authority of the home Member State of the significant subsidiary with regard to any decision to be made by the consolidating supervisor pursuapursuant to this Regulation. Where it is not possible to reach such agreement, the decisions on the EU parent and the subsidiary shall be taken independently. Where it is not possible to reach such agreement, to this Regulationhe decisions on the EU parent and the subsidiary shall be taken independently.
Amendment 783 #
2014/0020(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
This Regulation shall not extend the powers of the ECB beyond the limits established in Regulation 1024/2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions, either in respect of territories covered, institutions within scope, or otherwise.