150 Amendments of Morten PETERSEN related to 2018/2044(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the national security and intelligence agencies of EU Member States and of some third countries cooperate very effectively through the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) and on a bilateral and multilateral basis; whereas the CTG has a platform for the exchange of operational intelligence that has improved the speed and quality of shared intelligence; whereas the EU has an established complex of structures dealing wholly or in part with terrorism, notably through Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) and the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN);
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Public Prosecutor’s Office as established by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 does not have the investigatory competence for countering terrorism; whereas investigations related to acts of terrorism often require various Member States to cooperate with each other;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the EU Counter- Terrorism Coordinator plays an important role in tracking the implementation of the EU counter-terrorism strategy; whereas the Counter-Terrorism Coordinator helps strengthen the coordination between EU institutions;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the return of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and their families poses particular challenges in terms of security and radicalisation; whereas child returnees pose specific problems as they can be both victims and potential perpetrators at the same time;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
U a. whereas terrorism seeks to weaken and defeat democracies; whereas politicians and governments are crucial actors to achieve broad consensus and social resilience in order to effectively defend our democratic systems.
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas it isEuropol data estimateds that, by 2018, there are between 50 000 aaround 730 000 radicalised jihadists in the EU;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
AB. whereas a violent radicalised discourse has been increasingly present in the territory of the EU, often in the form of books, teaching or audiovisual content, including satellite TV channels; whereas this discourse opposes European valuedemocracy, rule of law and human rights, undermines pluralism, promotes violence and intolerance against all other religions, is openly anti-Semitic, refuses equality between men and women, and rejects the science and education which have been promoted by Islam during centuries;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC a (new)
Recital AC a (new)
AC a. whereas Radical Islamic Fundamentalism aspires for religion to dominate all spheres of life -individual, political and social - whose consequence may be a form of communitarianism sensitive to the actions of jihadist recruiters.
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AE
Recital AE
AE. whereas there are self-designated religious teaching centres propagating extremist ideas in the EU, in which youngsters, including young children, are exposed to a learning content based on anti-European valuescontrary to democracy, the rule of law and human rights, and violent content; whereas radical organisations often exploit the vulnerabilities of young people by attracting them with social and cultural offers;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH
Recital AH
AH. whereas according to figures provided by Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (IRU) has made more than 50 000 referrals and on average 87 % of the content referred to companies by the IRU has been removed on the basis of voluntary consideration of the compatibility of the referred internet content with their own terms and conditions;, by December2017 the EU IRU had assessed 42 066 pieces of content, which triggered 40 714 decisions for referral across over 80 platforms in more than10 languages, and in 86% of the cases, resulted in removal of content
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ a (new)
Recital AJ a (new)
AJ a. whereas increasingly common use of the CGN (Carrier grade network address translation) by Internet access providers is complicating police investigations related to terrorism; whereas this technology enables access providers to share a single IP address among multiple users simultaneously, making it technically impossible for them to comply with their legal obligation to identify individual users, given that over a thousand subscribers may share a same IP address;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK a (new)
Recital AK a (new)
AK a. whereas contact with radicalised people in prisons cannot be successful without cooperation between professionals, chiefs of prisons and police and intelligence services, including the post-prison transition;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL a (new)
Recital AL a (new)
ALa. whereas policing and intelligence services receive, process and transfer both classified and unclassified information, which involves different regimes at every stage of using the information; whereas it is also necessary to distinguish between information used as intelligence, i.e. information that is processed by professionals for a specific purpose, and regular information; whereas it is necessary to at least distinguish between criminal intelligence, which is related to a police criminal case, from security intelligence, which is processed within an administrative framework;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AN a (new)
Recital AN a (new)
AN a. whereas the SIS is the biggest, most widely used and most efficient IT system of the European Union in the area of freedom, security and justice, and is supported by the network of SIRENE Bureaux, providing significant added value in the field of international police cooperation and border control and particularly in the fight against terrorism.
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AO
Recital AO
AO. whereas there is a significant increase of information exchanges since Paris attacks in 2015 but data about information exchanges show that a small number of countries are responsible for a large proportion of available content in and searches of EU databases;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AX a (new)
Recital AX a (new)
AX a. whereas six Member States are already involved in a pilot project known as ADEP for the automated transmission of police records between different countries and this project is working well.
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AY a (new)
Recital AY a (new)
AY a. whereas the principle of data ownership is crucial for ensuring confidence of the CT authorities in sharing information via EU databases between Member States and with Europol;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AY b (new)
Recital AY b (new)
AY b. whereas communicating the post- hit information only to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State issuing the alert under Article 36 and not to other Member States is sometimes insufficient for the purposes of following up the movements of the individuals related to terrorism or completing the relevant information in respect of such individuals; whereas the early warning of other Member States that could be concerned could be for example necessary where the person did not return directly to the Member State of origin or where s(he) was accompanied by nationals of another/other Member State(s) in respect of whom no alert had been issued since they remained unknown to the latter's competent authorities;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB a (new)
Recital BB a (new)
BB a. whereas it is possible to increase the effectiveness in the use of the structures of the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) and the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) for the exchange of information;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BL a (new)
Recital BL a (new)
BL a. whereas since 7 April 2017 the new Regulation 2017/458 amending the Schengen Borders Code entered into force in response in particular to the worsening of the terrorist threat in order to provide for systematic checks on all persons crossing the external borders, including individuals enjoying the right of free movement against relevant databases;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BL b (new)
Recital BL b (new)
BL b. whereas there is a lack of implementation in some areas of the regulation governing certain fields of border control, such as the systematic consultation of databases during border checks and thorough checking of the required entry conditions;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BP a (new)
Recital BP a (new)
BP a. whereas, criminals can still today be recorded in different databases that are not connected under different aliases; whereas the current EU data management architecture therefore needs to be improved by the interoperability to eliminate blind spots, multiple false identities and provide the right information at the right time;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BQ a (new)
Recital BQ a (new)
BQ a. whereas there are currently no minimum standards and common rules for the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BR
Recital BR
BR. whereas the fact that Member States, and more specifically the airport operato carriers on their territory, are not yet obliged to conduct conformity checks on passengers’ personal data on their ticket and ID card or passport, which makes it difficult to ascertain whether the given identity matches the true identity of the person;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BR a (new)
Recital BR a (new)
BR a. whereas three quarters of the fraudulent documents detected at the external borders and in the EU imitate identity documents issued by the Member States and countries associated with the Schengen area; whereas national identity cards with a lower degree of security are the most frequently detected fake ones;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU
Recital BU
BU. whereas several Member States have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism of 16 May 2005, also known as the "Warsaw Convention", which constitutes the most comprehensive international convention on money laundering and terrorist financing has been ratified by only 21 Member States so far; whereas confiscating assets generated by criminal activities is a very efficient tool to fight crime and terrorism, as it deprives criminals from the proceeds of their illegal activities and terrorists from organising an attack;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU a (new)
Recital BU a (new)
BU a. whereas the FATF sets the global standards for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and identifies jurisdictions with weak measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing; whereas as of June 2018, the FATF has reviewed over 80 countries and publicly identified 65 of them as presenting strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regimes; whereas out of these 65, 55 have since made the necessary reforms to address their weaknesses;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU b (new)
Recital BU b (new)
BU b. whereas the EU adopted two legislative instruments to implement FATF recommendations, revised in 2012 Directive 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering (the fourth AML Directive), and Regulation 2015/847 on information accompanying transfers of funds, both revised in 2018 (5th AML Directive), in order to address the gaps identified in the light of terrorist attacks and various tax leaks; whereas Member States had until 26 June 2017 to transpose the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive into their national legislation and whereas not all Member States have done so1a; __________________ 1a As of July 2018, the Commission has opened infringement procedures for non- communication of transposition measures against 20 Member States: 3 are currently at the stage of court referrals, 9 at the stage of reasoned opinions, and 8 at the stage of Letters of Formal Notice;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU a (new)
Recital BU a (new)
BU a. whereas the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA) verified how tax evaders count on the active help of professional intermediaries, who apparently fulfil the legal obligations;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU b (new)
Recital BU b (new)
BU b. whereas in July 2017 the European Commission and Europol obtained the observer status of the Egmont Group, an international united body composed of 156 financial intelligence units (FIUs), with the aim of increasing cooperation between FIUs, but also among other competent authorities;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU c (new)
Recital BU c (new)
BU c. whereas the European Agenda on Security of April 2015 highlighted the need to tackle the nexus between terrorism and organized crime, underlining that organised crime feeds terrorism through various different channels, inter alia supplying weapons, financing through drug smuggling, and infiltrating financial markets;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU d (new)
Recital BU d (new)
BU d. whereas recent data leaks have proven the links between money laundering and tax evasion on the one hand and organised crime and financing of terrorism on the other hand; whereas, as acknowledged by the Commission, recent media reports have also linked large-scale VAT and excise fraud with organised crime, including terrorism;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BV
Recital BV
BV. whereas social media fundraising, abuse and misuse of non-profit organisations and small wire transfers are funding methods for Daesh and other terrorist organisations; whereas micro lending platforms are used to facilitate all three of these typologies;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BV a (new)
Recital BV a (new)
BV a. whereas alongside traditional terrorist financing methods like private donation, extortion, kidnapping for ransoms, abuse and misuse of non-profit organisations, formal and informal remittance systems, the use of proceeds of criminal activities, cash or funds transfer through banks, recent terrorist attacks have shown that emerging financing methods like the use electronic, online and new payment methods like virtual currencies or anonymous prepaid cards also pose a risk which may increase in the future;
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CY a (new)
Recital CY a (new)
CY a. whereas the Council Conclusions on EU External Action on Counter- terrorism adopted on 19 June 2017, recall the role of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations in combating terrorism, through enhancing security, stability, border control and security sector reform, in building counter-terrorism capacity and information sharing;
Amendment 573 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DA
Recital DA
DA. whereas deaths destroy families and leave a legacy of irrevocable sadness, and many of the injured survivors of terrorist attacks suffer disfiguring and life- changing loss of senses and limbs and their plight impacts heavily on close family, while too often once the media spotlight has passed, the long-term needs of the victims are neglected; whereas post- traumatic stress syndrome is a major public health issue in Europe; whereas there are no overall European figures on the impact of terrorism on the mental health of the population following the various attacks;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DA
Recital DA
DA. whereas deaths destroy families and leave a legacy of irrevocable sadness, and many of the injured survivors of terrorist attacks suffer disfiguring and life- changing loss of senses and limbs and their plight impacts heavily on close family, while too often once the media spotlight has passed, the long-term needs of the victims are neglected;
Amendment 581 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB a (new)
Recital DB a (new)
DB a. whereas the difference between victims of terrorism and other traumatized groups of victims is especially psychosocial; whereas victims of terrorism are at risk of secondary victimization affecting them not only in judicial proceedings, but also in the many interactions they have with other State and non-State entities;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB b (new)
Recital DB b (new)
DB b. whereas at European level there is not a defined legal statute for victims of terrorism for the purposes of access to community services or compensation rights;
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DH a (new)
Recital DH a (new)
DH a. whereas one of the basic principles of democracy and the rule of law is the freedom of conscience that includes ideological and religious freedom; whereas the Charter of Fundamental rights enshrines the mentioned rights in Article 10;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that, at this stage, the EU and the Member States should improve cooperation through existing European agencies and bodies and Member States’ security and justice institutions;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Council to retain the post of EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, a measure taken following the adoption of the declaration on combating terrorism on 25 March 2004;
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to conduct impact assessments and local elected representative, local operator, citizen and expert stakeholder consultations of future counter- terrorism legislative proposals;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the jurisdiction of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to be expanded to cover counter-terrorism within the framework of cross-border affairs and for its investigatory powers to be strengthened so that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office can open and conduct European investigations, in cooperation with Eurojust and Member States’ legal authorities;
Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to establish and maintain appropriate ‘civil defence’ measures for preparedness against CBRN attacks by recruiting qualified and regularly trained personnel incorporating both full-time and voluntary staff, as well as appropriate technical infrastructure including response resources such as specialised detection vehicles, care for victims, etc., and the sharing of best practice; emphasises that these measures must be in line with a multidisciplinary strategy that contains methods of coordination, notification procedures, standard protocols, evacuation planning, public alarm systems and incident reporting; calls on the Commission and the Member States to gradually harmonise these strategies;
Amendment 715 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that terrorists have been known to start off in petty crime; is concerned that certain Member States’ justice systems have low conviction rates, with inadequate sentences being issued for serious crime and radicalised individuals being released prematurely or on parole; Therefore eEncourages Member States to organise their justice systems such as to ensure effective intervention vis- à-vis habitual offenders and sufficient dissuasiveness for such offenders;
Amendment 742 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the creation of an EU ‘Centre of Excellence for Preventing Radicalisation (CoE PR)’, to be embedded in the Commission with adequate financial and human resources; believes its tasks should include coordination, including of funding, and facilitation of cooperation among Member States, policymakers, practitioners (by involving former RAN and ESCN structures), experts and researchers in the area of preventing and countering radicalisation, exchange of best practices, lighthouse projects and training of different professionals, including judges and prosecutors, also by partnering with key strategic third countries; considers that this centre should also establish methodologies to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of programmes and projects;
Amendment 748 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to mobilize the FRA in a more targeted way to support EU initiatives on prevention of radicalisation, integration and values, while upholding fundamental rights;
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on EU ‘Centre of Excellence for Preventing Radicalisation (CoE PR)’ to carry out a follow-up of action plans against radicalisation in prisons and in post-prison transition;
Amendment 759 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to identify objective indicators that will enable local and regional authorities to map out the local specificities of violent radicalisation, including the identification of vulnerable groups, this will help tailor anti-radicalisation programmes to the specific situation in a particular area;
Amendment 768 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the creation of a European Simone Veil Resilience Prize, which would be awarded every year to the best social and cultural project at local level in the EU, promoting societal engagement, EU fundamental values, inclusiveness and democracy with the aim of building resilient societies that are immune to polarisation and radicalisation;
Amendment 772 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make a greater effort to build a framework from which to propose public policies of integration, in collaboration with local administrations, and assess their impact, mobilizing cross- cutting economic resources, technical and human resources, involving different Directorate-Generals (DGs), agencies and bodies, in order to avoid ghettos and the absence of law;
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to encourage and tolerate only ‘practices of Islam’ that are in full accordance with EU valuedemocracy, rule of law and human rights; welcomes the initiatives by moderate Muslim religious communities throughout Europe to counter the dangerous narratives from within their communities
Amendment 795 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to conduct prior screenings of chaplains and to consistently blacklist any hate preachers; calls on the Commission to introduce an EU watch listMembers States to consistently and systematically upload that information to relevant existing national and European systems and data bases so as to better exchange information on radical chaplains;
Amendment 806 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to increase the offer of higher education opportunities for chaplains in the EU, with accrediting theological education programmes integrating EU valufully compatible with democracy, rule of law and human rights, with the neutrality and democratic laicism of European countries; invites the Commission and the Member States to develop and fundencourage a network of European religious scholars that can spread omote- and testify to - practices of Islam that are compliant with EU valuedemocracy, rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 817 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 824 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to implement the CT Directive under which incitement to commit a terrorist act is a criminal offence, in order to exclude hate preachers from public activity using all legal measures, including refusal of visas or expulsion from EU territory, and to start judicial proceedings against such preachers;
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Member States to close without delay mosques and places of worship and ban associations that do not adhere to EU valuedemocracy, rule of law and human rights and incite to terrorist offences, hatred, discrimination or violence;
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guaranteesin accordance with the EU rule of law;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all religious literature within their territory that incites toexplicitly incites to carry out violent and terrorist acts; asks for such literature to be removed from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unit;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to establish binding procedures for schools for tackling the challenge of radicalised pupils, and to offer training for teachers with regard to this; stresses the need for involvement of law enforcement and justice bodies in the process of addressing radicalisationpolicies for the prevention of violent radicalization, both specific (vulnerable groups) and non-specific (general), including the educational community;
Amendment 883 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25 c. Believes that gatherings in schools with victims and people who have overcome violent radicalization could be an effective tool for preventing counter- radicalisation;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and full removal of terrorist content; requestwelcomes the Commission to present a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hour and to introduceing clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non- compliance;
Amendment 908 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the creation of an online European platform that citizens can use in order to flag terrorist and extremist content onlineWelcomes the work done by the Europol’s European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) who track the content of "terrorist propaganda" or "violent extremism" on the Internet, and report them to the platforms for immediate suppression;
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls on Member States that have not yet done so to conclude a voluntary code of conduct with access providers undertaking to limit the number of users of any IP address and restrict the use of CGN technology and ensure as soon as possible the transition to the new generation Internet Protocol version offering an unlimited combination of IP addresses; asks the Commission, if necessary, to table a legislative proposal in this area;
Amendment 937 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on Member States to ensure safe and orderly prison conditions and to create specific procedures forand indicators to identify and deal with radicalised inmates, in order to prevent radicalisation of others, as well as to ensure targeted monitoring and targeted disengagement measures, and to train prison staff accordingly;
Amendment 968 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Urges Member States to implement, fully and on time, the existing legislation, and calls on the Commission to provide the necessary support; calls on the Commission to analyse the shortcomings in the transposition, implementation and application of the existing legislation, and to use its powers to initiate infringement proceedings when Member States fail to properly implement legislation;
Amendment 972 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Urges Member States to ensure that they have the necessary technical equipment (for example mobile devices allowing the police to check the biometrics of a person during on-the-spot checks), software, security systems and qualified staff to make full use of the existing information systems and cooperation mechanisms;
Amendment 980 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Deplores the insufficient character of the security research being conducted, and calls for a specific programme on security research to be established in the next MFF; calls on the Member States to regularly organise foresight exercises looking into future threat scenarios; supports the continued funding by the Commission of the establishment of modernised databases and the provision of up-to-date technical equipment and training of staff, and calls for a more ambitious approach in this respect;(Does not affect the English version)
Amendment 991 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Member States to respectcomply with their obligations under the CT Directive to exchange relevant information in connection with terrorist offences as soon as possible with the competent authorities of other Member States, not only on request but also spontaneously; competent law enforcement authorities should, without any prior request being necessary, provide to the competent law enforcement authorities of other Member States information and intelligence in cases where there are factual reasons to believe that this information and intelligence could assist in the detection, prevention or investigation of offences;
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls on Member States to ensure that information in connection with terrorist offences is consistently and systematically uploaded to European systems and platforms, particularly in the alert under Article 36 of the SIS II Regulation and synchronised where possible by implementing a consistent three-tier information sharing approach by making optimal and consistent use of SIS and Europol data that Europol processes for cross-checking and for analysis in the relevant analysis projects;
Amendment 1008 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Calls on the Commission to table a legislative proposal to extend the pilot project ADEP to all the Member States and Europol and to frame this project with a clear EU legal basis;
Amendment 1013 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Urges the Member States to systematically check all relevant databases and information systems and introduce all useful datadata that meet the quality requirements of the respective information systems in a timely manner;
Amendment 1027 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the deployment of a central automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) within SIS to enable end users to search SIS on the basis of fingerprint data; calls for the roll-out of the system by 2019; urges all Member States to implement the AFIS functionality of SIS immediately; notes that despite the legal basis of SIS II permitting the storage of fingerprints, such biometrics have so far only been used to confirm the identity of a person following a check on name or date of birth; believes that identification based solely on fingerprints would represent significant added value;(Does not affect the English version)
Amendment 1028 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Welcomes the new type of alert: an "inquiry check" under Article 36 of the SIS and the new obligation for an immediate reply by the SIRENE Bureau in case of an alert linked to terrorism which complements the existing tools available to competent authorities for identifying and investigating on individuals related to terrorism;
Amendment 1033 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Welcomes the creation of the European travel information and authorisation system (ETIAS) which will be applied to visa-free nationals of third countries;
Amendment 1041 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls for private planes, and charter flights and travel agencies to be covered by the EU PNR Directive and for air carriers to be obliged to collect PNR data;
Amendment 1047 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Member States to interconnect their PIUs in order to facilitate the exchange of PNR, data and calls on the Commission to propose technological solutions to make the exchange of PNR data and their integration into different systems less time-consuming and demanding in terms of human resources by automating the processing of requests from one PIU to another; encourages, therefore, projects such as the ISF project led by the Netherlands to develop PIU.net based upon the established FIU.net; asks the Commission, together with Europol, to support the development of joint targeting rules and risk assessments to be applied by the Member States, in order to enable Europol to search national PNR data with central algorithms;
Amendment 1049 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45 a. Calls on the Commission to implement common standards for analysis of PNR data so as to identify suspicious persons or behaviours that would then be regarded as relevant for the purposes of Article 9 of the PNR Directive and thus sent to other Member States systematically and automatically;
Amendment 1068 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48 a. Calls on the Member States for the full implementation of the Prüm Convention and EU Council Decision 2008/615/JHA, and adhesion to the European Information Exchange Model and the Swedish Initiative;
Amendment 1077 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Calls for the delineation of harmonised minimum data quality standards for data input, to be established at EU level, according to the criteria of the new data protection package, and applied across IT systems in order to ensure consistent quality of the data therein; urges eu-LISA to elaborate common indicators and checks and to develop a central monitoring capacity for data quality for all systems under its competence; calls for the implementation of automated data quality control mechanisms as proposed by the Commission; further recommends that when eu-LISA notes irregularities in its quality reports to the Member States, the Member State concerned should be obliged to correct the data or justify the lack of correction;
Amendment 1086 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53 a. Calls to optimize the collaboration and coordination system defined by the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) in order to reinforce the preventive function;
Amendment 1087 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 b (new)
Paragraph 53 b (new)
53 b. Calls to optimize the work of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) to increase its effectiveness in the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 1092 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Calls on the Member States to explore new approaches to intensifying cooperation and exchange of information between law enforcement and intelligence services at national level, e.g. through secure, pseudonymised hit/no hit search solutions, which preserve the necessary separation between law enforcement and intelligence work and the required principles of information ownership and source protection;
Amendment 1099 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
Amendment 1120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57 a. Calls on the Commission to determine, with the active participation and agreement of experts from the Member States, good practices in terms of follow-up procedures for hits on persons involved in terrorism or terrorism-related activities under Article 36 and to incorporate these into the SIS/SIRENE Best Practices Catalogue and amend the SIRENE Manual, if necessary;
Amendment 1122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 b (new)
Paragraph 57 b (new)
57 b. Calls on the Commission to implement a "post-hit" information exchange mechanism that would enable all or at least Member States concerned to be informed of the hits generated by the movements of persons involved in terrorism or terrorism-related activities; underlines the need for mapping of the travel movements of FTFs/returnees/ persons involved in terrorist activities based on SIS hits in order to gain a clear and comprehensive picture that can provide a basis for taking further measures;
Amendment 1129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for Europol to become a veritable hub for information exchange and cooperation in the field of counter- terrorism in the EU, if necessary with a stronger mandate;
Amendment 1133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58 a. Invites Europol to make full use of its current rights to access SIS, VIS and Eurodac with the purpose of enhancing interoperability, while respecting fundamental rights and data protection legislation;
Amendment 1134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58 a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen Europol's mandate so it is given proper investigative powers within Europe, while also ensuring it has the legal capacity to conduct criminal proceedings;
Amendment 1135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 b (new)
Paragraph 58 b (new)
58 b. Calls on Europol to ensure the timely availability of QUEST to Member States, with the purpose of enhancing interoperability;
Amendment 1140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Urges Member States to ensure full flexibility for contacts between Europol and the relevant authorities when it comes to terrorist offences, considering that in the field of CT speed is often essential; encourages Member States to use ‘on-the- spot deployments’ of Europol specialists, as this increases trust and reduces administrative burdens; calls on the Member States to ensure direct access of Member States’ law enforcement CT services (beyond federal/central level) to Europol's services;
Amendment 1152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63 a. Welcomes the new provision in the future SIS II allowing Europol, unless legal or operational reasons require otherwise, to be informed of any new alert or any hit linked to terrorism in the SIS; notes this will allow cross-checks and, if deemed appropriate, operational and/or thematic analyses, in order to proceed with the mapping of travel patterns and/or to analyse the located individual(s)'s possible connections; calls on the Commission to quickly implement in an automatic way this new possibility;
Amendment 1154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 b (new)
Paragraph 63 b (new)
63 b. Calls on Europol to fully develop biometric capacity as soon as possible, as it would be important for Member States to increasingly share biometric information with Europol;
Amendment 1162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
64 a. Calls on the Member States and Europol's support and contribution to the watch list to be developed for ETIAS and for the VIS as well as cooperation between Europol and Member States for the purpose of an assessment of visitors’ applications prior to their arrival at the external borders crossing points;
Amendment 1165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65 a. Calls on the Member States to systematically involve Eurojust in their counter terrorism investigations and prosecutions with a cross-border dimension and make efficient use of Eurojust’s coordination tools;
Amendment 1170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Calls on Eurojust to continue enlarging its network of contact points in third countries, and encourages the posting to Eurojust of more liaison prosecutors, for example from the Western Balkans;(Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 1171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67 a. Call for more systematic cooperation among the JHA agencies working on CT to develop joint approaches and synergies given the increasing role of the agencies in counter- terrorism; believes that regular joint meetings of all the key agencies could further develop joint work on CT and increase synergies with their liaison officers in delegations;
Amendment 1174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b (new)
Paragraph 67 b (new)
67 b. Calls on the Member States to increase the number of Seconded National Experts with CT background to agencies with a view to ensuring a representation of Member States needs and allowing the agencies to have the necessary expertise in the CT field, in the context of their mandates;
Amendment 1178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68 a. Invites CEPOL to continue developing training programmes for end- users of SIS, on the basis of the SIRENE Manual and Best Practices Catalogue, on the topic of persons involved in terrorism or terrorism-related activities, including foreign terrorist fighters, who are the subject of alerts in SIS.
Amendment 1186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of a legislative proposal that obliges service providers and communications platforms present on the EU market to cooperate when it comes to encrypted communications if there is a judicial decision to that effect; reminds that such cooperation should not entail any obligation to decrypt the data and should not weaken the security of their networks and services, for instance by creating or facilitating "backdoors";
Amendment 1201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Urges the Member States to invest in up-to-standard ICT equipment at all border crossings to allow for proper checks using all relevant databases; asks the Commission to set a benchmark for technical standards of such ICT equipment, after consulting eu-LISA; considers that the work on the proposals for interoperability of information systems should be taken as an opportunity to improve and partially harmonise national IT systems and national infrastructure at border crossing points;
Amendment 1204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73 a. Ask the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the new Regulation (EU) 2017/458 which provides for systematic checks on all persons crossing the external borders and in particular the use of the derogation on systematic checks;
Amendment 1205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 b (new)
Paragraph 73 b (new)
73 b. Calls on the Members States to further develop mutual cross-border police cooperation through joint threat assessment, risk analysis and patrols;
Amendment 1206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 c (new)
Paragraph 73 c (new)
73 c. Calls on the Member States to bring their border management in line with the IBM concept; stresses the need to ensure the full implementation of the IBM strategy at the European and national levels and thus strengthen the management of the external borders;
Amendment 1215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)
Paragraph 75 a (new)
75 a. Welcomes the Commission proposal on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement;
Amendment 1223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
Amendment 1232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Calls on the Member States to make it compulsory for airport operato carriers to conduct conformity checks when passengers board a plane in order to make sure that the identity stated on the ticket matches the ID card or passport in the passenger’s possession;
Amendment 1237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
Amendment 1240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
Amendment 1245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Notes that suspects whose personal data was previously processed by the EBCGA will disappear in the analytical system after 90 days and appear as unknown/new suspects; calls, therefore, for the extension of the retention period of personal data managed by the EBCGA related to suspects of cross-border crime and terrorism up to a period of 3 years, similarly to the retention period of Europol and Eurojust;
Amendment 1250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
83. Calls on the co-legislators to make it compulsory for EBCGA to share urgent information with the Member States within 24 hours;
Amendment 1251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83 a (new)
Paragraph 83 a (new)
83 a. Calls on the Member States and the EU bodies, such as Europol and INTCEN to regularly give to EBCA strategic information on CT related to the border dimension; believes this should also include feedback after second line security checks and information related to document fraud;
Amendment 1258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)
Paragraph 85 a (new)
85 a. Invites the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to develop training programmes and deliver training courses for border guards focusing on reinforcing checks against relevant databases at external borders and supporting the implementation of common risk indicators;
Amendment 1296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
Paragraph 91
91. Encourages Member States and third countries to implement the conclusions of the “No money for terror” conference held April 2018 in Paris, the FATF recommendations, as well as the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation adopted by the FATF in February 2012 (the so-called ‘revised FATF Recommendations’), without delay;
Amendment 1297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Calls on those Member States which have not yet ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism to ratify and transpose it; calls on those Member States to properly implement the Regulation of the European Parliament and Council regarding the Mutual Recognition of Freezing and Confiscation Orders;
Amendment 1298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 a (new)
Paragraph 92 a (new)
92 a. Calls on Member States who have not implemented the 4th AMLD to do so without delay; encourages Member States to take the necessary measures to make sure they transpose the 5th AMLD within the deadline, set for 10 January 2020; recalls that more transparency with respect to ultimate beneficial owners of corporate entities, trusts and similar arrangements, as requested by this directive, is an effective tool against money laundering and terrorist financing;
Amendment 1306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93 a (new)
Paragraph 93 a (new)
93 a. Calls on the Member States to regulate hawala, making it mandatory to declare to the authorities every transaction made using the hawala system, and emphasising that the aim is not to crack down on traditional informal money transfers, but on trafficking involving organised crime, terrorism or industrial/commercial profits deriving from dirty money;
Amendment 1311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94 a (new)
Paragraph 94 a (new)
94 a. Welcomes the proposal for a Regulation on the importation of cultural goods;
Amendment 1316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 a (new)
Paragraph 96 a (new)
96 a. Welcomes the adoption of new rules regarding the control of cash entering or leaving the European Union1a and calls for its swift implementation; calls on the Commission to evaluate whether other assets should be included within the scope of this Regulation, whether the disclosure procedure for unaccompanied cash fits the purpose and whether the threshold for unaccompanied cash should be reviewed in the future; __________________ 1a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005
Amendment 1330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. Calls for the establishment of a European Union Terrorist Financing Tracking System (TFTS) for transactions by individuals with links to terrorism and its financing made within the Single Euro Payments Area, which would be complementary to the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP) in the US and would ensure a balance is struck between security and individual freedoms; points out that European data protection standards would apply to this intra- European system;
Amendment 1336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99
Paragraph 99
99. UCalls on the Member States to make better use of the informal network of European Financial Information Units (FIU.net), by implementing the 5th Anti- Money Laundering Directive and by adopting regulatory measures to address other issues stemming from the divergent status and competences of financial intelligence units, in particular to facilitate coordination and exchange of information; urges the further development and capabilities of FIU.net by Europol so that it can be used to its full potential and in order to facilitate the manual processing of bilateral requests;
Amendment 1341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99 a (new)
Paragraph 99 a (new)
99 a. Urges Member States to ensure FIUs exchange any information that may be relevant for the processing or analysis of information by the FIU related to money laundering or terrorist financing and the natural or legal person involved; calls for greater harmonisation of the status and functioning of European FIUs;
Amendment 1342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99 a (new)
Paragraph 99 a (new)
99 a. Reiterates the position of the European Parliament on AMLD 5 regarding the creation of a European FIU in order to overcome the current cooperation difficulties which exist between national FIUs; believes an EU FIU should be set up in order to coordinate, assist and support Member Sates FIUs in cross-border cases;
Amendment 1353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 100 a (new)
Paragraph 100 a (new)
100 a. Welcomes the Commission's Action Plan to support the protection of public spaces and encourages the Member States to exchange best practices and establish collaborative networks between public and private sector actors if necessary;
Amendment 1357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
104. Calls on Member States to establish national multidisciplinary crisis response centres for coordination and emergency response in case of an attack or incident; calls for these centres to make use of the EU Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) arrangements to give coordinated responses to three key instruments: the central IPCR 24/7 contact point, the IPCR web platform, and the Integrated Situational Awareness and Analysis (ISAA) report;
Amendment 1359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105 a (new)
Paragraph 105 a (new)
105 a. Encourages the Commission to publish guidances for Member States with the aim of increasing the protection of public spaces;
Amendment 1360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106
Paragraph 106
106. Calls for Directive 2008/114 to be revised, in order to: provide similar rules and procedures for ‘operators of essential services’ as in the NIS Directive; ensure that designation of ECIs be done on the basis of an analysis of the systems supporting vital and cross-border services, rather than a sector-by-sector approach, taking due account of the importance of cybersecurity; allow the Commission to designate assets of pan-European services as ECIs; take due account of existing interdependencies; create an obligation for enterprises and public agencies to report incidents, conduct stress tests, provide appropriate training at the designated contact points and establish quality requirements as regards business continuity plans in the case of an incident or attack;
Amendment 1362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106
Paragraph 106
106. Calls for Directive 2008/114 to be revised, in order to: provide similar rules and procedures for ‘operators of essential services’ as in the NIS Directive; ensure that designation of ECIs be done on the basis of an analysis of the systems supporting vital and cross-border services, rather than a sector-by-sector approach, taking due account of the importance of cyberdigital security; allow the Commission to designate assets of pan-European services as ECIs; take due account of existing interdependencies; create an obligation to report incidents, conduct stress tests, provide appropriate training at the designated contact points and establish quality requirements as regards business continuity plans in the case of an incident or attack;
Amendment 1367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
108. Underlines the need to put in place effective response strategies including clear lines of communication in the case of an attackby the immediate reaction teams, in order to reduce casualty rates and minimise the impacimprove the management onf the publicsituation; urges the Member States to step up their engagement with the mechanisms that have already been put in place on European level;
Amendment 1369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109 a (new)
Paragraph 109 a (new)
109 a. Welcomes the creation inside the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) of a knowledge hub on the topic of CBRNE, which will be alongside the European Nuclear Security Training Centre (EUSECTRA); asks for a standard procedure in which every Member State effectively shares information with the knowledge gathering Centre;
Amendment 1374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110
Paragraph 110
110. Believes that a systemthere must be set up for car rental agencies to check the identity of clian evaluation for the creation of a system to allow police authorities to receive information from car rentsal against police databases, showing only a red or green flagencies when investigating and following a person under suspicion;
Amendment 1382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 111 a (new)
Paragraph 111 a (new)
111 a. Encourages to foster preparation and drills, such as the one that took place the 29th of June between Belgium and the Netherlands, to ensure an Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR); believes that the EU can offer a supporting framework to that cooperation, notably in topics like the medical care (European Medical Corps), public safety (Health Security Committee), or decontaminating protocols, as well as coordinating special intervention units from the national police and civil protection forces;
Amendment 1385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113
Paragraph 113
113. Calls for the establishment of a European system of licences for specialised buyers, different from the general public, which obliges economic operators to be registered in order to be allowed to legally manufacture, distribute or sell substances listed in the Annexes, or involving mixtures or substances containing them; calls on Member States to set up inspection systems to identify non- compliance with the regulation by economic operators;
Amendment 1386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113 a (new)
Paragraph 113 a (new)
113 a. Welcomes the impact assessment of Regulation 98/2013 on explosive precursors, which will be followed by a revision of the efficiency, coherence and added value to add the required new measures to strengthen restriction and control on the use and possession of explosive precursors; encourages to evaluate the mandatory information exchange process established by this Regulation;
Amendment 1390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118
Paragraph 118
Amendment 1402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121 a (new)
Paragraph 121 a (new)
121 a. Reminds that the European Commission has adopted a report on the evaluation of Regulation 258/2012 that establishes rules for authorised export, import and transit for non-military firearms, reaching the conclusion that the Regulation continues to be necessary but that its' effectiveness is limited by the lack of precision of some dispositions and the complex interaction with other legislation instruments of the EU.
Amendment 1431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
Paragraph 125
125. Calls on the Commission to strengthen support to third countries, especially neighbouring countries, in their efforts to tackle crime and trafficking as a source of terrorist financing; asks to strengthen the relations with them to accelerate the freezing of assets coming from illegal trafficking;
Amendment 1434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 a (new)
Paragraph 125 a (new)
125 a. Calls for enhanced cooperation and identification of synergies between Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations and Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) actions;
Amendment 1436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 a (new)
Paragraph 125 a (new)
125 a. Calls on the Member States to make full use of intelligence analysis on CT from the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN);
Amendment 1439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 b (new)
Paragraph 125 b (new)
125 b. Calls on the Commission to give a clear mandate for IntCen to reach out directly to analysts within EU delegations in order to increase the flow of relevant information to the EU’s central intelligence system;
Amendment 1440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 b (new)
Paragraph 125 b (new)
125 b. Asks to increase the relevance of the European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism, the 11th of March;
Amendment 1449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
Paragraph 126
126. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU Coordination Centre for victims of terrorism (CCVT), which should provide timely and adequate crisis support in cases of mass attacks in one or severalto Member States; considers that amongst others, the role of the CCVT wouldshall be to ensure the provision of expertise at EU level by promoting exchange of knowledge, protocols and best practices;
Amendment 1450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126 a (new)
Paragraph 126 a (new)
126 a. Asks the CCVT to consecrate itself to the collection of data as well as to the investigation and promotion of practical proposals, such as the creation of protocols in order to: 1) guarantee the first emotional attention to the victims of terrorism; 2) bring forward the subsequent psychological and emotional support for victims of terrorism; 3) avoid a second victimisation during the judicial process or bureaucratic interactions; 4) guarantee the effective access to justice, especially in attacks involving transnational victims; 5) foster good practices for the media in sensible topics for victims of terrorism and their families;
Amendment 1461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128
Paragraph 128
128. Calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal on the victims of terrorism, including a clearommon definition of their specific status and status of victim of terrorism and their rights, and a standardised form to claim compensation; considers that there should be a simplified procedure at national level for granting automatic compensation to victims of terrorism directly after an attack and for sanctioning fraudsters, and that the question of further compensation should be reviewed at regular intervals on the basis of an assessment of the victim’s situation;
Amendment 1465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128 a (new)
Paragraph 128 a (new)
128 a. Calls on the Commission to initiate a dialogue with the Member States in order to reduce the large disparities existing in the national financial compensation granted by each state to the victims of terrorist attacks;
Amendment 1470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130
Paragraph 130
130. Stresses that notification to victim’s families should be delivered by specifically trained professionals in a dignified, humane and appropriate way, ensuring that the media do not reveal their identities without their prior consent, and that priority should be given to handlingthe respect for minors;
Amendment 1473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 132
Paragraph 132
132. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the needed assistance is provided to victims of terrorism, and if needed, also encompasses measures such as first aid, psychological support, cash advances to help cover immediate expenses, certified childcare and home support, tax relief schemes and help with transport in the case of a temporary or permanent disability;
Amendment 1475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133
Paragraph 133
133. Calls on the Member States, with the support of the Commission, to ensure that professionals of all relevant national services are adequately trained on the specific needs of victims of terrorism, and especially first responders; notes that the CCVT will help in the tasks of professional training, including for policemen, lawyers and other staff that deals with victims, and also with insurance companies or compensation authorities;
Amendment 1481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134
Paragraph 134