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8 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2014/2254(INI)

Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas corruption perpetuates and aggravates unequal, unjust and discriminatory outcomes with regard to the equal enjoyment of fundamental rights, be these civil, political and economic or social and cultural rights; whereas corruption affects disproportionately the most disadvantaged and marginalised groups in society, namely by barring them from equal access to political participation, public services, justice, safety, land, jobs, education, health and housing; whereas corruption distorts the size and composition of government expenditure, seriously harming the state's capacity to harness to a maximum its available resources in order fully to realise economic, social and cultural rights, and whereas corruption diverts large amounts of funding from investment in the economy, hindering the recovery of Member States in economic hardship; whereas corruption fuels human rights violations of the whistleblowers and victims to cover up the implicit crimes and criminals;
2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation;isolation and exclusion especially in light of the fact that social exclusion determines marginalisation of individuals and makes them vulnerable to a parallel criminal or terrorist system which offers power, money and sense of belonging.
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 832 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or natganized criminal groups, included mafia-style ones, are systems of exploitation based on privileges and on the deprivation of basic rights; these groups are fuelled by unemployment, by under-development, by corruption and also and especially, by social exclusional;
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that corruption represents a seriousin the public and private sectors may lead to serious violations of fundamental rights violation; calls on theall Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or nathe EU to join the Open Government Partnership, and devise concrete strategies to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption; calls on Member States to follow up on the recommendations of the European Commission’s Anti-Corruption Report and strengthen police and judicial cooperation in fighting corruptional;
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Ascertains that criminal organizations see their power increase through usury and money laundering which are two phenomena endorsed also by a liquidity and solvency crisis, ‘credit crunch’, social fragmentation and loss of trust in institutions which means that the more poverty increases, the more social inequity develops, the more criminal organizations, included mafia- style ones, are strengthened and the more corruption flourishes;
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 850 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national;
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recognises that adequate social welfare provisions (such as minimum income) are one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty, to guarantee a standard of life which respects human dignity and to promote social integration which, in turn, determine freedom of choice and make individuals less liable to be blackmailed thus making these economic measures a fundamental tool in the fight to overcome organized crime and corruption;
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 855 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Realises that continued efforts need to be made in order to implement and maintain the above mentioned measures in all Member States;
2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE