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367 Amendments of Marek JUREK

Amendment 1 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Article 5 TEU, and Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas despite numerous announcements and requests for safe and legal pathways offering access to European territory for persons seeking international protection there is currently no harmonisation at Union level of protected entry procedures (PEPs) and no legal framework at Union level for humanitarian visas, i.e. visas issued for the purpose of reaching the territory of the Member States in order to seekhumanitarian visas are one of the existing tools that sovereign Member States may decide to use in order to ensure that people in need can legally access international protection; in Europe.
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the number of persons admitted on the basis of national entry procedures for humanitarian protection or through resettlement remain low in comparison to the global needs, with significant disparities between Member States; whereas the scope of national entry procedures for humanitarian protection and resettlement is narrowly defined and, in case of resettlement, it is strictly connected to the criteria of vulnerability and registrationseveral Member States currently have or have previously had national schemes for issuing humanitarian visas to guarantee national protected entry of people in need; whereas the scope of resettlement only includes persons who have already been recognised as a refugee with Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugeess and who fulfil further vulnerability or geographical criteria;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas - as a result - an estimated 90% of those granted international protection have reached the Union through irregular means, which laccording the UN Migration Agency (IOM), 58,158 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through 1 August 2018; whereads to them being stigmatised befohat total compares they even arrive at the external borders of the Member Stateso 113,283 at this time last year, and over 261,228 at this time in 2016;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the human cost of these policies has been put at 30 000 deaths at least at the Union's borders since 2000; whereas a Union legal framework is urgently needed as one meansin order to address the intolerable death toll in the Mediterranean, and on the migration routes to the Union, to truly combat human smuggling, exposure to trafficking in human beings, to labour exploitation and violence, to manage the orderly arrival, dignified reception and fair processing of asylum claims and to optimise Member States’ and Union budget for asylum, procedures, border control and search and rescue activities as well as to achieve coherent practito truly combat human trafficking, to labour exploitation and violence, the EU should act responsibly and to deter asylum seekers from arriving in its territory, risking their lives at sea. Such measures may include off-shore proces sin the Ung, mandatory detention, asylum acquind the use of turn backs;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas Parliament has trifailed to include provisions in this vein in Regulation (EC) No 810/2009; and the second attempt to have it adopted also failed on 15th November 2018 (2017/2270(INL));
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 9 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas both Council and the Commission have rejected these amendments, on the ground, among others, that such provisiona Union legal framework establish Humanitarian Visas should not be included in the Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, given its scope covering short- stay visas only;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament, faced with the Commission’s inaction, has therefore decided to proceed with drawing up this legislative own-initiative report on humanitarian visas;deleted
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas intensive work was undertaken, including with the help of experts, to draw up the recommendations which are annexed to this motion;deleted
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the update of the EU visa policy, still under negotiation, should allow for improved security and increase the available means to respond to migration challenges, including new tools to return those who do not have a right to stay in the EU territory and to efficiently respond to those countries who are not willing to take their own nationals back;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas an estimated 10% of those applying for international protection are granted it; and with poor return rates in most Member States this equates to high rates of absconding from those refused;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Requestsjects that the Commission to submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of point (a) of Article 77(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that part of the financial implications of the requested proposal should be covered by the general budget of the Union as a practical expression of the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including its financial implications, between the Member States, in accordance with Article 80 TFEU;deleted
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I
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2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to its recommendation of 15 November 2017 to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the Eastern Partnership, in the run-up to the November 2017 Summit,
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the integrated approach to external conflicts and crises; calls for further institutionalisation of this approach;deleted
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas there is still a cult around the Bolshevik leaders in Russia; whereas the current Russian government has, on a number of occasions, spoken in such a way that glorifies the Soviet Union, including Stalin's international policy;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that the global challenges of climate change, energy security, mass migration, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the fight against terrorism and organised crime call for selective engagement with Russia;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines, in this regard, that the deepening of EU integration andcooperation between Member States on the basis of solidarity and the deepening of coherence between itEurope's internal and external policies is the key to a more coherent, effective and successful EU external and security policy, including vis- à-vis Russia;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 250 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates its support for the five principles guiding the EU's policy towards Russia, and calls for further definition of the selective engagement principle; recommends that the focus be placed on issues relating to the MENA region, terrorism, the mass migration phenomenon, non-proliferation, arms control and climate change; calls for a high-level dialogue between EU, EEU and AA/DCFTA countries; reiterates that while consultations between the EU and Russia on cyber terrorism and organised crime need to continue, Russia’s systematic hybrid threats require strong deterrence; calls, in this context, for the initiation of a high-level EU-EEU-China-Central Asia dialogue on Belt and Road Initiative and connectivity;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Strongly condemns Russian pressure on Belarus to essentially renounce its independence; calls on the EU authorities to offer the necessary economic aid to Belarus, along with a plan to guarantee its energy security;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 372 #

2018/2158(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Russian authorities to condemn Communism and the Soviet regime, and to punish the perpetrators of the crimes and offences committed under that regime;
2019/01/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2018/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Point l
l. not to appoint any further EUSRs with country-specific mandates in all cases where this would create parallel structures to existing EU Delegations, unless exceptional circumstances indicate the advisability of such an appointment; to consider appointing an EU Special Representative for Belarus in light of increasing Russian pressure to persuade the country to de facto renounce its independence, and to intensify efforts to provide the necessary economic assistance to Belarus, along with a plan to ensure its energy security;
2019/02/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas EU citizenship is an abstract and artificial concept that should not be used as a tool to undermine the sovereignty of the Member States;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that there are Member States which do not extend voting rights in European Parliament elections to their nationals, who are European citizens; points out that this limits the diversity of views in the ParliamentRecalls that Member States are fully sovereign to define voting rights and, mitigates the accountability of the European institutions to Europeore generally, electoral law and citizenship;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2018/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. CRecalls onthat the UK Government has committed to ensure that the rights of EU citizens living in the UK are protected post-Brexit, an entitlement they possess under the Treaties.; calls on the EU negotiators to ensure that the rights of UK citizens living in the EU are equally protected;
2018/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas freedom of thought, conscience and religion is guaranteed by Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and should be given special protection in the context of a concern for the values of the European Union;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017, despite the limitation to only two mandates; regrets that, to date, only 19 Member States have ratified the Convention and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women against violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the Code of Conduct, which will govern the implementation of the Convention by the EU;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 110 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life; calls on Member States to address the key obstacles to gender equality in economic empowerment and political participation, including sexual harassment which hampers women’s full participation in the labour market; highlights the fact that gender stereotypes must be tackled from an early age to effectively address the under- representation of women in work, decision making and politics; calls on Member States to appropriately address this issue in school curricula;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to life, to health, to be free from torture and ill-treatment, to privacy, equality and non-discrimination; recalls that Member States have the obligation, under international human rights law, to provide all women with accessible, affordable, good quality sexual and reproductive healthcare and services; notes that this should include the elimination of laws, policies and practices that infringe upon these rights as well as the prevention of the erosion of existing protections;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 c (new)
Freedom of conscience and religion
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1c (new)–Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses that religious freedom and freedom of conscience are fundamental rights of the European Union; notes with concern attempts to undermine these freedoms, such as censorship of religious content or of the broadcasting of religious celebrations in the public media, and punishments for those who refuse to provide services that go against their conscience;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Deplores the lack of public response to the growing number of acts of aggression and vandalism against Christians and religious sites;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of discrimination and hatred and encourages the Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 299 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is shocked by the Commission’s total failure to respond to media reports regarding allegations of abuse of power made against the former French President and to the persistent reports concerning corruption and major irregularities in his appointment to the highest position in the country;
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 304 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5, adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU; __________________ 5 OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 314 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that improving the quality, independence and efficiency of national justice systems, in particular judges, prosecutors and lawyers, remains a key priority of the European Union; stresses that there is an urgent need to introduce a gender-sensitive perspective into the Member States’ legal and judicial systems, including the development and institutionalisation of the gender component into training programmes for all judiciary staff;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 369 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that Member States should consider putting into place a combination of protection-related schemes, such as resettlement and humanitarian admission, and regular mobility schemes to promote legal pathways to the EU for persons in need of protection; recalls that any action undertaken by a Member State, when acting within the scope of EU law, must respect the rights and principles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on EU Member States to effectively ensure the right to asylum and to accept relocation of refugees from Member States most affected by high numbers of arrivals; also calls on Member States to respect the principle of non-refoulement and introduce adequate procedural safeguards to their asylum and border procedures, including safeguards against collective expulsion;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 382 #

2018/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recognises the work carried out by different NGOs operating in the Mediterranean in their effort to save lives and provide humanitarian assistance to those in need; calls on Member States to transpose the humanitarian assistance exemption provided for in the Facilitation Directive with the objective of reducing the unintended consequences the Facilitators’ Package has for citizens providing humanitarian assistance to migrants and on the social cohesion of the receiving society;deleted
2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 192 #

2018/2097(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the EU’s increasing role in conflict resolution and confidence building in the framework or in support of existing agreed negotiating formats and principles as well as in the field of post- conflict reconstruction as a means of securing peace;.
2018/10/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the rights of national, regional, linguistic and religious minorities are guaranteed by both multilateral and bilateral international agreements and enshrined in the constitutional systems of many states, and respect for them is an important prerequisite for assessing the rule of law;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that electoral legislation should encourage national minorities to seek proper representation in public authorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) According to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, ‘the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights, including the rights of the persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society where pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail’. Article 3 further specifies that the ‘Union’s aim is to promote peace, its values and the well- being of its people’ and, among others, ‘it shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe’s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced’. These values are further reaffirmed and articulated in the rights, freedoms and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’).
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 43 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) These rights and values must continue to be promoted and enforced, shared among the citizens and peoples within the Union and be at the heart of Europe’s societies, Therefore, a new Justice, Rights and Values Fund, comprising the Rights and Values and the Justice programmes shall be created in the Union budget. At a time where European societies are confronted with extremism, radicalism and divisions, it is more important than ever to promote, strengthen and defend justice, rights and EU values: human rights, respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law. This will have profound and direct implications for political, social, cultural and economic life in the EU. As a part of the new Fund, the Rights and Values Programme will bring together the 2014-2020 Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council10 and the Europe for Citizens programme established by Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of the Council11 . The Justice programme (hereafter the 'Programme') will continue to support the development of an integrated European justice area and cross-border cooperation, in continuity with the 2014- 2020 Justice Programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 (hereafter 'the predecessor Programme'). _________________ 10 Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 62) 11 Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2014-2020 (OJ L 115, 17.4.2014, p.3) 12 Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 62).
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 56 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Financing, in line with the principles of transparency and efficiency, should remain one of the important tools for the successful implementation of the ambitious goals set by the Treaties. They should be attained inter alia by establishing a flexible and effective Justice Programme which should facilitate planning and implementation of those goals.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 66 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Pursuant to Articles 81(2)(h) and 82(1)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the Union shall support the training of the judiciary and judicial staff as a tool to improve judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters based on the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and of judicial decisions. Training of justice professionals is an important tool to develop a common understanding of how best to implement and uphold the rule of law. It contributes to the building of the European area of justice by creating a common judicial culture among justice professionals of the Member States. It is essential to ensure the correct and coherent application of law in the Union and mutual trust between justice professionals in cross- border proceedings. The training activities supported by the Programme should be based on sound training needs’ assessments, use state of the art training methodology, include cross-border events gathering justice professionals of different Member States, comprise active learning and networking elements and be sustainable.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 71 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Measures under the Programme should support enhancedMember States in their efforts for improving cooperation and mechanisms for mutual recognition of judicial decisions and judgments and the necessary approximation of legislation, in line with the principles of subsidiarity, that will facilitate cooperation between all the relevant authorities, including Financial Intelligence Units, and the judicial protection of individual rights in civil and commercial matters. The Programme should also advance the procedural legislation for cross-border cases and greater convergence in civil law that will help to eliminate obstacles to, where appropriate, that will further the good and efficient functioning of judicial and extra- judicial procedures in benefit of all parties involved in a civil dispute. Finally, in order to support the effective enforcement and practical application of the Union law on judicial cooperation in civil matters, the Programme should support the functioning of the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial matters established by Council Decision 2001/470/EC.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 87 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Actions covered by this Regulation should contribute to the creation of a European area ofpromoting fair, efficient and cooperative justice, increasmproving cross-border cooperation and networking andmechanisms, as well as achieving the correct, coherent and consistent application of Union law. Funding activities should also contribute to a common understanding of the Union’s values, the rule of law, to better knowledge of Union law and policies, to sharing know-how and best practices in using judicial cooperation instruments by all concerned stakeholders, as well as to a proliferation of interoperable digital solutions underpinning seamless and efficient cross-border cooperation, and should provide a sound analytical basis to support the development, enforcement and proper implementation of Union law and policies. Union intervention allows for those actions to be pursued consistently across the Union and bringscontribute to economies of scale. Moreover, the Union is in a better position than Member States to address cross-border situations and to provide a European platAdditionally, the Programme may provide for a forum for mutual learning and the sharing of best practices.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 98 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Third countries which are mMembers of the European Economic Area (EEA) may participate in Union programmes in the framework of the cooperation established under the EEA agreement, which provides for the implementation of the programmes by a decision under that agreement. Third countries may also participate on the basis of other legal instruments. A specific provision should be introduced in this Regulation to grant the necessary rights for and access to the authorizing officer responsible, the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) as well as the European Court of Auditors to comprehensively exert their respective competences.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 116 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to support and promote judicial training, with a view to fostering a common legal, judicial and rule of law culture;
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 121 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to facilitate effective access to justice for all and effective redress, including by electronic means, by promoting efficient civil and criminal procedures and by promoting and supporting the rights of victims of crime as well as the procedural rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 129 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
5 Third cCountries associated to the Programme
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 131 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Programme shall be open to the following thirdypes of countries:
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 133 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements and association council decisions, or similar agreements, and in accordance with the specific conditions laid down in agreements between the Union and those countries.deleted
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 134 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Other third countries, in accordance with the conditions laid down in a specific agreement covering the participation of the third country to any Union programme, provided that the agreement — ensures a fair balance as regards the contributions and benefits of the third country participating in the Union programmes; — lays down the conditions of participation in the programmes, including the calculation of financial contributions to individual programmes and their administrative costs. These contributions shall constitute assigned revenues in accordance with Article [21(5)] of [the new Financial Regulation]; — does not confer to the third country a decisional power on the programme; — guarantees the rights of the Union to ensure sound financial management and to protect its financial interests.deleted
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 150 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Where a third countryny country as set out in Article 5, participates in the programme by a decision under an international binding agreement or by virtue of any other legal instrument, the thirdat country shall grant the necessary rights and access required for the authorizing officer responsible, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Court of Auditors to comprehensively exert their respective competences. In the case of OLAF, such rights shall include the right to carry out investigations, including on-the- spot checks and inspections, provided for in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 151 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The recipients of Union funding shall acknowledge the origin and ensure the visibility of the Union funding through the use earmarking indicators (in particular when promoting the actions and their results) by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 153 #

2018/0208(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. If necessary,n some cases, it may be assessed by the relevant authorities, whether appropriations may be entered in the budget beyond 2027 to cover the expenses provided for in Article 4(2), to enable the management of actions not completed by 31 December 2027.
2018/12/07
Committee: JURILIBE
Amendment 68 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union, ‘the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights, including the rights of the persons belonging to minorities. In particular and in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human dignity is the primary foundation of all fundamental human rights. These values are common to the Member States in a society where pluralism, non- discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail’. Article 3 further specifies that the ‘Union’s aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its people’ and, among others, ‘it shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe’s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced’. Those values are further reaffirmed and articulated in the rights, freedoms and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Those fundamental human rights and values must continue to be promoted and enforced and shared among the citizens and peoples and be at the heart of the EU project, on the basis of the idea that fundamental human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. Therefore, a new Justice, Rights and Values Fund, comprising the Rights and Values and the Justice programmes shall be created in the EU budget. At a time where European societies are confronted with extremism, radicalism and divisions, it is more important than ever to promote, strengthen and defend justice, fundamental human rights and EU values: human rights, respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law. This will have profound and direct implications for political, social, cultural and economic life in the EU. As part of the new Fund, the Justice Programme will continue to support the further development of Union area of justice and cross-border cooperation. The Rights and Values Programme will bring together the 2014-2020 Programme Rights, Equality and Citizenship established by Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council8 and the Europe for Citizens programme established by Council Regulation (EU) No 390/20149, (hereafter ‘the predecessor Programmes’). __________________ 8 Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 62) 9 Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2014- 2020 (OJ L 115, 17.4.2014, p.3)
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Justice, Rights and Values Fund and its two underlying funding programmes will focus primarily on people and entities, which contribute to make our common values, fundamental human rights and rich diversity alive and vibrant. The ultimate objective is to nurture and sustain rights-based, equal, inclusive and democratic society. That includes a vibrant civil society, encouraging people’s democratic, civic and social participation and fostering the rich diversity of European society, based on our common history and memory. Article 11 of the Treaty of the European Union further specifies that the institutions shall, by appropriate means, give citizens and representative associations the opportunity to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action. Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out that the Union shall maintain a dialogue with the churches and organisations mentioned in that Article. Churches and religious communities or associations are long- standing primary stakeholders in fostering protection and promotion of fundamental human rights and should be granted the same access as civil society organisations to the relevant funding opportunities.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Gender-based violenceViolence against women and violence against children and young people constitute a serious violation of fundamental rights. Violence persists throughout the Union, in all social and economic contexts, and has serious repercussions on victims’ physical and psychological health and on society as a whole. Children, young people and women are particularly vulnerable to violence, in particular in close relationships. Action should be taken to promote the rights of the child and to contribute to the protection of children from harm and violence, which pose a danger to their physical and mental health and constitute a breach of their rights to development, protection and dignity. The concept of harm and violence should cover the exposition of children to pornography or gratuitous violence. Combating all forms of violence, promoting prevention and protecting and supporting victims are priorities of the Union which help fulfil individuals’ fundamental rights and contribute to equality between women and men. Those priorities should be supported by the Programme.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 106 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Non-discrimination is a fundamental principle of the Union. Article 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Non- discrimination is also enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter. The principle of non- discrimination entails not only that similar situations should not be treated differently, but also that different situations should not be treated in the same way. The specific features of the diverse forms of discrimination should be taken into account and appropriate action should be developed in parallel to prevent and combat discrimination on one or more grounds. The Programme should support actions to prevent and combat discrimination, racism, xenophobia, anti- Semitism, anti-muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance. In that context, particular attention should also be devoted to preventing and combating all forms of violence, hatred, segregation and stigmatisation, including anti-religious stigmatisation, as well as combating bullying, harassment and intolerant treatment. The Programme should be implemented in a mutually reinforcing manner with other Union activities that have the same objectives, in particular with those referred to in the Commission Communication of 5 April 2011 entitled ‘An EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 202010’ and in the Council Recommendation of 09 December 2013 on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States11. Authorities at Union and national level have an obligation to prevent discrimination on grounds of belonging to a religious group or carrying out religious acts, whether affiliated to majority or minority religious denominations. Furthermore, focus should not be placed on discrimination of religions, but on people being discriminated because of their religious affiliation or practices. An effective protection by the Member States of the right to conscientious objection, both at the individual and institutional level, especially in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, educational and economical fields, as a fundamental right placed at the basis of democracy and the rule of law should also be supported. __________________ 10 COM(2011)173. 11 OJ C 378, 24.12.2013, p. 1.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Attitudinal and environmental barriers as well as lack of accessibility hinder the full and effective participation of people with disabilities in society, on an equal basis with others. People with disabilities are faced with barriers to, among other things, access the labour market, benefit from an inclusive and quality education, avoid poverty and social exclusion, enjoy access to cultural initiatives and media, or use their political rights. As a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the UNCRPD), the Union and all its Member States have committed to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities. The provisions of the UNCRPD have become an integral part of the Union legal order. Specific needs in the area of disability should be fully taken into account in the relevant funding efforts.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 114 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Article 3(3) TEU requires the Union to promote the protection of the rights of the child, in line with Article 24 of the Charter and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The primary responsibility shared between the mother and the father to promote and protect their child’s best interest should be paramount, avoiding the interpretation according to which children and their rights can be seen as separate from their family and parents. Public authorities should strengthen the rights of the child to live in a family environment that ensures harmonious upbringing and growth, the protection of his or her psychological integrity and the development of his or her personality.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Programme is to protect and promote fundamental human rights and values as enshrined in the EU Treaties, including by supporting civil society organisations, in order to sustain open, democratic and inclusive societies, as well as other key stakeholders such as churches and religious associations or communities, think tanks, and research and academic institutions.
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to promote equality and fundamental human rights (Equality and rights strand),
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2018/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) increasing citizens’ understanding of the Union, its history, cultural heritage and diversity, as well as of the diversity of historical memories in Europe;
2018/10/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2018/0153(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The objective of Union policy in the field of migration is to replace irregular and uncontrolled flows with safe and well-managed pathways through a comprehensive approach addressing all aspects of immigration.deleted
2018/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #

2018/0153(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) Border surveillance is both a national and, in the case of the EU's external borders, a European responsibility incumbent on states. Any encouragement of Member States not to comply with their lawful border surveillance obligations is an attack on the rule of law.
2018/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 28 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs calls on the Committees on Budgets and on Budgetary Control, as the committees responsible, to propose a rejection of the Commission proposal.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘use’ means any processing, formulation, storageconsumption, storage, keeping, treatment or mix, filling, including in theto containers, transfer from one container to another, mixing, production of an article, or any other utilisation;
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘restricted explosives precursor’ means a substance listed in Annex I, in a concentration higher than, or, in the case of ammonium nitrate, in a concentration equal to or higher than the corresponding limit value set out in column 2 therein and includes a mixture or another substance in which such a listed substance is present in a concentration higher than, or, in the case of ammonium nitrate, in a concentration equal to or higher than the corresponding limit value;
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that the guidelines provided for in paragraph 1 are in all official languages of the European Union.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 concerning the addition of substances to Annex I and changes of the limit values in Annex I to the extent necessary to accommodate developments in the misuse of substances as explosives precursors, or on the basis of research and testing, as well as concerning the addition of substances to Annex II, where necessary to accommodate developments in the misuse of substances as explosives precursors. The Commission shall, as part of the preparation of the delegated acts, consult relevant stakeholders, in particular the chemical industry and the retail sector.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt a separate delegated act in respect of each addition of substances to Annex I and each change of the limit values in Annex I and each new substance added to Annex II. Each delegated act shall be based on an analysis demonstrating that the amendment is not likely to lead to disproportionate burdens on economic operators or consumers, having due regard to the objectives sought to be achieved.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall report to the Commission [onby 30 March [the year after the date of applicyear of the entry into force of the Regulation] and subsequently on an annual basis, the following information:
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
No sooner than [sixBy [five years after the date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation and present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee. The evaluation shall be conducted according to the Commission's better regulation Guidelines.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from [one year24 months after the date of entry into force].
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 77 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the ongoing comprehensive judicial reform, but regrets the extent to which the existing judicial system in Ukraine still remains ineffective, corrupt and politically dependent; calls for the self-co-option of judges, and their dependence on oligarchic systems, to end; calls for the appointment of new judges via democratic procedures;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention on violence against women;deleted
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 111 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention on violence against women;deleted
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Points out that one of the EU’s fundamental principles, as enshrined in Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is that of respecting the identity and recognising the specific contribution of churches and maintaining an open, transparent and regular dialogue with them; calls on the Ukrainian authorities to improve their relations with the Orthodox Church and with the Catholic Church, and to base those relations on friendly dialogue and mutual understanding;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2017/2283(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Ukrainian authorities to return ownership of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Lviv to the Roman Catholic community, and to address the issue of other churches seized by the state in the Communist era that have still not been returned to their rightful owners;
2018/09/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2017/2282(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that one of the EU’s fundamental principles, as enshrined in Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is that of respecting the identity and recognising the specific contribution of churches and maintaining an open, transparent and regular dialogue with them; calls on the Georgian authorities to improve their relations with the Orthodox Church, and to base those relations on friendly dialogue and mutual understanding;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2017/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Agreement is in keeping with the spirit and principles expressed in the European Parliament recommendation of 15 November 2017, which unambiguously states that no comprehensive agreement will be ratified with a country that does not respect EUcommon values; urges the authorities in Armenia nevertheless to ensure, with the support of the EU, there is no of the democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms; and notes that backsliding on these values, which couldcould otherwise trigger suspension of the application of the Agreement through its Article 379;
2018/04/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
— having regard to the Policy Brief entitled ‘Defining Defamation: Principles on Freedom of Expression and Protection of Reputation’ published by ARTICLE 19,deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
— having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2016 with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights4, _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0409.deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that countries in which people have endured years of totalitarian governments have a particular duty to play an active role in building a pluralist and representative media landscape; calls on the authorities of those countries to actively prevent the media exclusion of social groups that have previously been discriminated against, and to prevent the dominance of groups that held privileged positions under non-democratic governments, and of financially advantaged social groups, including those with foreign capital;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU institutions to guarantee full implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in all their decisions, actions and policies, as a means to thoroughly uphold media pluralism and media freedom; asks the Commission, in this regard, to introduce human rights impact assessments for the evaluation of its legislative proposals and to present a proposal for the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in line with the relevant Parliament resolution;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 113 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is gravely concerned by new legislation – such as penalising the exertion by journalists of ‘moral and psychological pressure’ – that may directly restrict public debate and freedom of expression;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses its concern, once again, at the negative and chilling effects of criminal defamation laws vis-à-vis the right to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and public debate – tools which put pressure on journalists and are essentially designed to protect public figures from criticism; reiterates its call to abolish, without delay, any criminal defamation laws and replace them with appropriate civil provisions, while avoiding excessively punitive measures and penalties;deleted
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the participation in democratic processes is founded, first and foremost, on effective and non- discriminatory access to information and knowledge; calls for the EU and its Member States to develop adequate policies to attain universal access to the internet and to recognise internet access – including net neutrality – as a fundamental right;
2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 123 #

2017/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
(p) to ensure that the outcomes of the November 2017 Summit also address, where possible, the security threats that affect the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, fundamental human rights, equal rights and the right of peoples to self-determination, and political, social and economic development of the partners and of the region as a whole;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2017/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
(r) to call for anon the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides to immediately end to military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan which unnecessarily claim the lives of civilians and soldiers whilst hampering socioeconomic development; to reaffirm support to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countriesprinciples and commitments of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act as well as to the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs’ efforts to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to their 2009 Basic Principles; to call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to re-launch negotiations in good faith with a view to implementing these principles to solve the conflict; to make the ratification of new agreements between the EU and each of the parties conditional on meaningful commitments to solving the conflict through maintainand supporting the ceasefire and supporting the implementation of the 2009 Basic Principlesinvestigative mechanism and Minsk Group Co-chairs’ proposals based on the principles of territorial integrity, equal rights and self-determination of peoples and the non-use of force or threat of force;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) refers to fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas these provisions must be read in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and Article 4 of the TEU, which requires that competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States and that the Union shall respect Member States' national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital E
E. whereas its study of November 2017 on the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework1 considers, inter alia, the relevance of the Charter for the Commission’s activities under the Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM Treaty) and in the context of the European semester; __________________ 1 ‘The Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework’, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C – Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, November 2017.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas despite Article 24 of the Charter, which guarantees the rights of the child and in particular underlines the rights of every child to maintain on a regular basis a personal relationship and direct contact with both his or her parents, unless that is contrary to his or her interests, some Member States still use discriminatory procedures and practices in the family law system in the framework of family disputes with cross-border implications;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. States that the Charter of Fundamental Rights has to be applied with full respect for the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), while also recognising the importance of the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights and calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR and to give greater priority to the examination of the possibility of the EU’s accession to the European Social Charter; Calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the proposal for Charter- conditionality of EU fundtates that EU funds for third countries under the multiannual financial framework 2021- 2027, which should be achievconditioned, inter alia by introducing strong and consistent fundamental rights clauses into the operational texts of the draft regulations establishing the largose EU funds.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2017/2089(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to fulfil their commitments enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2017/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to put in place specific provisions to support the authorities’ important efforts in aion EU's assistance in conflict resolution and confidence building in the large number of refugees and internally displaced persons and to support civilians living in conflict areas within Azerbaijan’s internationally recognised borders; to contribute in particular to upholding their right to return to their homes framework or in support of existing agreed negotiating formats and processes, including when appropriate via assistance directed at mitigating the situation of the civiliand property and to be awarded compensation in line with the rulings of the ECHRulation, affected by the conflict;
2018/04/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2017/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of Cuba signing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, but stresses the need for ratification without delay and for full compliance with its provisions, in particular as regards guaranteeing the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion as enshrined in Article 18 of the ICCPR, which developed from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union. Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, and serving the Union security and defence interest, mayshould also be taken into account. The Programme complements and supplements other research activities at the European, national or NATO levels, and does not lead to duplicated efforts at any level.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cross- border cooperation between undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States with as well as intermediate manufacturing enterprises (SMIEs), in the value chains of defence technologies or products; Where appropriate, regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, and serving the Union security and defence interest, shall also be taken into account; As entities from EU13 are new to cross- border defence industry cooperation in the EU context, also the biggest defence industry entities from EU13 should be subject to preferential treatment like SMIEs, including creating the UnionEU13 Incentive Shame to help include newcomers in the cross-border cooperation during a transition period;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The European Defence Agency shall be invited as observer and it shall be composed of representatives of all Member States. The European Defence Agency shall be invited as observer. Consultation with Member States is necessary for the preparation of the work programmes.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is deeply concerned about the situation of religious minorities in Turkey (particularly Christian communities) and the growth of Islamic radicalism in the country; notes the increase in anti- Christian sentiment in Turkey, as evidenced, for example, by the recent attack on a catholic church in Trabzon; calls on the Turkish Government to consistently condemn such incidents and to take decisive action with a view to guaranteeing the security of religious minorities in Turkey;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for religious freedom, which has long been guaranteed by the Turkish Constitution, to be fully upheld, and calls on the Turkish authorities to ensure that religious minorities’ rights to freely practice their faith and undertake missionary work are actually respected; points out that the Greek Orthodox seminary on the island of Halki remains closed;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Turkey to protect the rights of the most vulnerable groups and of persons belonging to minorities; regrets that the LGBTI marches in Ankara and Istanbul were banned for the second consecutive year; is seriously concerned about gender-based violence, discrimination, hate speech against minorities, hate crime and violations of the human rights of LGBTI persons; calls on Turkey to harmonise its domestic legislation with the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention, which it ratified in 2014; welcomes the government’s national strategy and action plan for Roma and encourages the authorities to address key obstacles to the social inclusion of Roma;deleted
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 369 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in her contacts with the Turkish authorities, to constantly draw attention to the need for the Greek Orthodox seminary on the island of Halki, which remains closed, to resume its activities, and for the matter to be given priority during the negotiations;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that Russia’s current elites come directly from the power structures of the former Soviet Union and are legitimising their policy as a continuation of the USSR’s aggressive policy in Europe and elsewhere in the world;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 339 #

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU authorities to explicitly emphasise an identification with our nations’ legacy of civilised society, the memory of which was consistently destroyed under communism in Eastern Europe;
2016/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 210 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 218 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) A key based on the size of the population and of the economy of the Member States should be applied as a point of reference in the operation of the corrective allocation mechanism in conjunction with a threshold, so as to enable the mechanism to function as a means of assisting Member States under disproportionate pressure. The application of the corrective allocation for the benefit of a Member State should be triggered automatically where the number of applications for international protection for which a Member State is responsible exceeds 150% of the figure identified in the reference key. In order to comprehensively reflect the efforts of each Member State, the number of persons effectively resettled to that Member State should be added to the number of applications for international protection for the purposes of this calculation.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 245 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 278 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) In order to assess whether the corrective allocation mechanism in this Regulation is meeting the objective of ensuring a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States and of relieving disproportionate pressure on certain Member States, the Commission should review the functioning of the corrective allocation mechanism and in particular verify that the threshold for the triggering and cessation of the corrective allocation effectively ensures a fair sharing of responsibility between the 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.deleted
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 337 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
o) ‘benefitting Member State' means the Member State benefitting from the corrective allocation mechanism set out in Chapter VII of this Regulation and carrying out the allocation of the applicant;deleted
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 778 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
1. The allocation mechanism referred to in this Chapter shall be applied for the benefit of a Member State, where that Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applications for international protection for which it is the Member State responsible under this Regulation. 2. Paragraph 1 applies where the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) indicates that the number of applications for international protection for which a Member State is responsible under the criteria in Chapter III, Articles 3(2) or (3), 18 and 19, in addition to the number of persons effectively resettled, is higher than 150% of the reference number for that Member State as determined by the key referred to in Article 35. 3. The reference number of a Member State shall be determined by applying the key referred to in Article 35 to the total number of applications as well as the total number of resettled persons that have been entered by the respective Member States responsible in the automated system during the preceding 12 months. 4. The automated system shall inform Member States, the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum once per week of the Member States' respective shares in applications for which they are the Member State responsible. 5. The automated system shall continuously monitor whether any of the Member States is above the threshold referred to in paragraph 2, and if so, notify the Member States and the Commission of this fact, indicating the number of applications above this threshold. 6. Upon the notification referred to in paragraph 5, the allocation mechanism shall apply.Article 34 deleted General Principle
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 817 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
1. For the purpose of the corrective mechanism, the reference number for each Member State shall be determined by a key. 2. The reference key referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on the following criteria for each Member State, according to Eurostat figures: (a) the size of the population (50 % weighting); (b) the total GDP (50% weighting); 3. The criteria referred to in paragraph 2 shall be applied by the formula as set out in Annex I. 4. The European Union Agency for Asylum shall establish the reference key and adapt the figures of the criteria for the reference key as well as the reference key referred to in paragraph 2 annually, based on Eurostat figures.Article 35 deleted Reference key
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 851 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
Application of the reference key 1. Where the threshold referred to in Article 34(2) is reached, the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall apply the reference key referred to in Article 35 to those Member States with a number of applications for which they are the Member States responsible below their share pursuant to Article 35(1) and notify the Member States thereof. 2. Applicants who lodged their application in the benefitting Member State after notification of allocation referred to in Article 34(5) shall be allocated to the Member States referred to in paragraph 1, and these Member States shall determine the Member State responsible; 3. Applications declared inadmissible or examined in accelerated procedure in accordance with Article 3(3) shall not be subject to allocation. 4. On the basis of the application of the reference key pursuant to paragraph 1, the automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall indicate the Member State of allocation and communicate this information not later than 72 hours after the registration referred to in Article 22(1) to the benefitting Member State and to the Member State of allocation, and add the Member State of allocation in the electronic file referred to in Article 23(2).rticle 36 deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 879 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37
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. 2. The automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall in that case apply the reference key during this twelve-month period to those Member States with a number of applications for which they are the Member States responsible below their share pursuant to Article 35(1), with the exception of the Member State which entered the information, as well as the benefitting Member State. The automated system referred to in Article 44(1) shall count each application which would have otherwise been allocated to the Member State which entered the information pursuant to Article 36(4) for the share of that Member State. 3. At the end of the twelve-month period referred to in paragraph 2, the automated system shall communicate to the Member State not taking part in the corrective allocation mechanism the number of applicants for whom it would have otherwise been the Member State of allocation. That Member State shall thereafter make a solidarity contribution of EUR 250,000 per each applicant who would have otherwise been allocated to that Member State during the respective twelve-month period. The solidarity contribution shall be paid to the Member State determined as responsible for examining the respective applications. 4. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt a decision in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56, lay down the modalities for the implementation of paragraph 3. 5. The European Union Agency for Asylum shall monitor and report to the Commission on a yearly basis on the application of the fArticle 37 deleted Financial solidarity mechanism.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 925 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38
Obligations of the benefitting Member The benefitting Member State shall: (a) take a decision at the latest within one week from the communication referred to in Article 36(4) to transfer the applicant to the Member State of allocation, unless the benefitting Member State can accept within the same time limit responsibility for examining the application pursuant to the criteria set out in Articles 10 to 13 and Article 18; (b) notify without delay the applicant of the decision to transfer him or her to the Member State of allocation; (c) transfer the applicant to the Member State of allocation, at the latest within four weeks from the final transfer decision.Article 38 deleted State
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 935 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
The Member State of allocation shall: (a) confirm to the benefitting Member State the receipt of the allocation communication and indicate the competent authority to which the applicant shall report following his or her transfer; (b) communicate to the benefitting Member State the arrival of the applicant or the fact that he or she did not appear within the set time limit; (c) receive the applicant and carry out the personal interview pursuant to Article 7, where applicable; (d) examine his or her application for international protection as Member State responsible, unless, according to the criteria set out in Articles 10 to 13 and 16 to 18, a different Member State is responsible for examining the application; (e) where, according to the criteria set out in Articles 10 to 13 and 16 to 18 a different Member State is responsible for examining the application, the Member State of allocation shall request that other Member State to take charge of the applicant; (f) where applicable, communicate to the Member State responsible the transfer to that Member State; (g) where applicable, transfer the applicant to the Member State responsible; (h) where applicable, enter in the electronic file referred to in Article 23(2) that it will examine the application for international protection as Member State responsible.Article 39 deleted Obligations of the Member State of allocation
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 944 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40
1. Where a transfer decision according to point (a) of Article 38 is taken, the benefitting Member State shall transmit, at the same time and for the sole purpose of verifying whether the applicant may for serious reasons be considered a danger to the national security or public order, the fingerprint data of the applicant taken pursuant to Regulation (Proposal for a Regulation recasting Regulation 603/2013/EU) to the Member State of allocation. 2. Where, following a security verification, information on an applicant reveals that he or she is for serious reasons considered to be a danger to the national security or public order, information on the nature of the alert shall be shared with the law enforcement authorities in the benefitting Member State and shall not be communicated via the electronic communication channels referred to in Article 47(4). The Member State of allocation shall inform the benefitting Member State of the existence of such alert, specifying the law enforcement authorities in the Member State of application that have been fully informed, and record the existence of the alert in the automated system pursuant to point d of Article 23(2), within one week of receipt of the fingerprints. 3. Where the outcome of the security verification confirms that the applicant may for serious reasons be considered a danger to the national security or public order, the benefitting Member State of application shall be the Member State responsible and shall examine the application in accelerated procedure pursuant to Article 31(8) of Directive 2013/32/EU. 4. The information exchanged shall only be used for the purposes set out in paragraph 1 and shall not be further processed.Article 40 deleted Exchange of relevant information for security verification
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 956 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
1. Chapter V and Sections II to VII of Chapter VI shall apply mutatis mutandis. 2. Family members to whom the allocation procedure applies will be allocated to the same Member State.Article 41 deleted Procedure for allocation
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 964 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42
Costs of allocation transfers For the costs to transfer an applicant to the Member State of allocation, the benefitting Member State shall be refunded by a lump sum of EUR 500 for each person transferred pursuant to Article 38(c). This financial support shall be implemented by applying the procedures laid down in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014.Article 42 deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 973 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Cessation of corrective allocation The automated system shall notify the Member States and the Commission as soon as the number of applications in the benefitting Member State for which it is the Member State responsible under this Regulation is below 150 % of its share pursuant to Article 35(1). Upon the notification referred to in paragraph 2, the application of the corrective allocation shall cease for that Member State.Article 43 deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1000 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 34(2), during the first three months after entry into force of this Regulation, the corrective allocation mechanism shall not be triggered. By way of derogation from Article 34(3), after the expiry of the three month period following the entry into force of this Regulation and until the expiry of one year following the entry into force of this Regulation, the reference period shall be the period which has elapsed since the entry into force of this Regulation.deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1008 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1
By [18 months after entry into force] and from then on annually, the Commission shall review the functioning of the corrective allocation mechanism set out in Chapter VII of this Regulation and in particular the thresholds set out in Article 34(2) and Article 43 thereof.deleted
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the developmentrole of the CSDP requires shared values and common interests, and political will from the Member States, as well as the setting- up of robust institutional cooperation structures; whereas the CSDP should be a common policy and not a mere sum of the national policiesmains, above all, to promote the security of the Member States;
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 45 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the most threatened countries must play a decisive role in defining European security and the needs arising from the necessity of protecting it, and EU Member States that are also parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation should support the position of those countries in the NATO forum;
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 75 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the European Council should establish the European Defence Union without delay, as advocated by Parliament, as well as the Union’s common defence; whereas the Member States should adopt the decision on common defence in accordance with their respective constitutional requirementsstructure responsible for the defence of the territory of European countries is still NATO, with which the significant majority of EU Member States are allied;
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 83 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas Parliament actively supports the European Defence Union and will continue to make appropriate proposals to that end; whereas the interparliamentary conference on the CFSP and CSDP should become the forum for the implementation of effective and regular interparliamentary cooperation on the CSDP and the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy;deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 93 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the VP/HR regularly consults Parliament on the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy, ensures that the views of Parliament are duly taken into consideration in that process, and informs Parliament on the progress made towards the European Defence Union;deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 97 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the VP/HR, in her statement at the Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers of 2 September 2016, referred to the ‘window of opportunity’ for solid progress to be made among Member States in the field of defence;deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 102 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the Commission ensures the application of the Treaties, and of measures adopted by the institutions pursuant to them, including in the area of CSDP;deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 115 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas framing a common Union defence policy and establishing common defence without the European Parliament’s political and institutional support would undermine the representative and democratic foundations of the Union;deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 212 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that the Union’s security and defence will be stronger as we stand united; takes the view that the EU needs to develop an effective system for European burden-sharing for its own security and defence, which is not yet the caseour continued unity should be reflected in the adoption of a common position in the NATO forum;
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 251 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the projected increase in national defence expenditure to 2 % of EU GDP; highlights that this would mean extra expenditure of nearly EUR 100 billion on defence by the end of the coming decade; considers that this boost should be used to launch more strategic cooperative programmes within and through the Union, by better structuring the demand and supply sides and making both sides more efficient and more effectivelevel of spending should not be regarded in any way as a demand, but instead as a basic precondition for defence cooperation;
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 308 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets that Member States have not yet developed a common European armaments and capabilities policy (EACP) within the EDA as foreseen by Article 42(3) TEU; calls on the VP/HR to inform Parliament of the results achieved by the existing working relationship between the EDA and the Commission and of both with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR);deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 382 #

2015/2343(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that Parliament should continue boosting specific initiatives and addressing recommendations to the Council, the VP/HR and the Commission on common security and defence issues, beyond its role in the budgetary procedures;deleted
2017/01/13
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 24 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to data from the Open Doors’ World Watch List showing a decrease in tolerance towards Christian converts, in particular in social interaction;
2016/08/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 294 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Iranian authorities to refrain from making any anti-Semitic statements and providing any support for activities of this kind;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on Iran to normalise relations with the State of Israel;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on Iran to use its influence effectively to deter Hezbollah from engaging in any terrorist activities against or attacks on Israel;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 442 #

2015/2274(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on Iran to uphold the religious freedoms of Christians, including the right of Christian converts to practise and profess their religion;
2016/08/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
A. whereas the consolidation of the peaceful democratic transition process in Tunisia represents a successful example in the Arab world and its consolidation is paramount for the stability of the entire region;
2016/05/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas data from the Open Doors’ World Watch List shows a decrease in tolerance towards Christian converts, particularly when it comes to social life;
2016/05/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the influence of Salafi Islam on public and social life has increased;
2016/05/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. calls for action to protect the rights of religious minorities, including Christian converts, in public and social life;
2016/05/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. calls for a reform of the penal code, and in particular for the repeal of Article 230, which penalises homosexual practices and is contrary to the constitutional principles of non- discrimination and the protection of privacy, as well as amendments to Law No 92-52 on Narcotics, which propose disproportionate sentences for drug offences, to align it to international standards for the consumption of soft drugs;deleted
2016/05/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2015/2273(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. calls on the Tunisian authorities to cooperate closely with Member States to tackle organised forms of illegal immigration;
2016/05/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2015/2258(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to mitigate these shortfalls, and to propose the necessary adaptations to financial rules for civilian CSDP missions, in order to facilitate the rapid and flexible conduct of missions, while guaranteeing sound financial management of the EU resources and an adequate protection of the Union’s financial interests; takes the view that the budget implementation powers should be delegated to the Civilian Operation Commander, in the same way that has been done for Heads of EU Delegations;
2015/03/03
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 3 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism onon new ways for the EU institutions and the Member States to promote democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
— having regard to Article 4(31) TEU, Article 295and (3) TFEU and Protocol No 1 on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of 7 December 2000 (‘the Charter’), proclaimed on 12 December 2007 in Strasbourg, which entered into force with the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009, with particular reference to Article 51 thereof, under which the Charter does not extend the scope of Union law outside the areas of Union competence and does not establish any new power or task for the Union or modify powers and tasks defined by the Treaties,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to Declaration 1 concerning the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon, in particular the second paragraph thereof, under which the Charter does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined by the Treaties,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to Declaration 53 by the Czech Republic on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular paragraph 3 thereof, under which, in so far as the Charter recognises fundamental rights and principles as they result from constitutional traditions common to the Member States, those rights and principles are to be interpreted in harmony with those traditions,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to Article 51 TEU, under which the protocols and annexes to the Treaties form an integral part thereof,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
– having regard to the deletter of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands to the Commission President of 6 March 20132, __________________ 2 http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/bestanden/doc umenten-en- publicaties/brieven/2013/03/13/brief-aan- europese-commissie-over-opzetten- rechtsstatelijkheidsmechanisme/brief- aan-europese-commissie-over-opzetten- rechtsstatelijkheidsmechanisme.pdfd
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to Council Legal Service opinion 10296/14 of 27 May 2014, in particular paragraph 17 thereof, according to which respect for the rule of law by the Member States cannot be, under the Treaties, the subject matter of an action by the institutions of the Union irrespective of the existence of a specific material competence to frame this action, with the sole exception of the procedure described in Article 7 TEU; only this legal basis provides for a Union competence to supervise the application of the rule of law, as a value of the Union, and, according to paragraph 18 of the opinion, it does not set a basis to further develop or amend that procedure,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
– having regard to the Italian presidency note on 'Ensuring respect for the rule of law in the European Union' of 15 November 20143, __________________ 3 http://register.consilium.europa.eu/doc/sr v?l=EN&f=ST%2015206%202014%20IN ITdeleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 42 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the 'Guidelines on methodological steps to be taken to check fundamental rights compatibility at the Council preparatory bodies' of 19 December 2014, 5377/154, __________________ 4 http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-5377-2015-INIT/en/pdfdeleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to Council Legal Service opinion 10296/14 of 27 May 2014, according to which the new EU Framework for the Rule of Law as set out in the Commission's communication is not compatible with the principle of conferral which governs the competences of the institutions of the Union,
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
– having regard to the statement by First Vice-President Timmermans on the situation in Hungary of 19 May 2015, SPEECH/15/5010,deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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,deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21
– having regard to the Commission's launch of a dialogue with the Polish government under the Rule of Law Framework, announced 13 January 2016,deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 67 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22
– having regard to its resolutions of 7 July 2013 on the situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary, in particular paragraph 795, 27 February 2014 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2012)6, 8 September 2015 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013- 2014)7, and 10 June 2015 on the situation in Hungary, in particular paragraph 8, __________________ 5 6 7 8deleted Texts adopted, P8_TA(2013)0315. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0173. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0286. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0227.
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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, though it must do so on the basis of unanimity;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas respect for the rule of law within the Union is a precondition forn important part of mutual recognition and trust, key factors forwhich are relevant to policy areas such as the internal market, police and justice cooperation, the Schengen area, and asylum and migration policies, and as a consequence, the erosion of the rule of law, democratic governance and fundamental rights are a serious threat to the stability, security and prosperity of the Unionis a threat to which the response should be to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 7 TEU;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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 permanent and immutable;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas respect for cultural diversity and national traditions may not impedein accordance with Article 4(2) TEU, a uniform and high level of protection of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF)should respect the Member States’ constitutional identity;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the European Parliamentary Research Service study on The Cost of Non-Europe in the area of Organised crime and Corruption highlights that integrating existing EU monitoring mechanisms into a broader Rule of Law monitoring framework would result in cost savings of € 70 billion annually;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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 the failure of a Member State or an institution of the Union to meet those same standards has little consequence in practice;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 167 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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 compliancecomply with the Union’s common values;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 184 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union is competent to interpret EU law, while assessment of the compatibility of national law with EU law is a matter for national courts;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas the need for more effective and binding mechanisms to ensure full application of Treaty principles and values has been recognised by both Commission and Council, and put into practice by the creation of the European Commission Rule of Law Framework and the Council Rule of Law DialogueCommission’s creation of a Rule of Law Framework and the start of the Council’s Rule of Law Dialogue from the very beginning gave rise to doubts about compatibility with the Treaties, in particular with the principle of conferral;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 190 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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 practice 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 countries;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas some Member State governments deny that upholding Union principles and values is a Treaty obligation, or that the Union has the authority to ensure compliance;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 216 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas in situations where a Member State no longer guarantees respect for DRF, the Union and its Member States have a duty toalthough mechanisms exist under international law which can be applied with regard to the protection of the rights of the residents of that Member State, new international agreements in this area can broaden the protection of fundamental rights;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 226 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas recent developments have shown it is urgent to revise and integrate existing mechanisms and develop an effective mechanism to ensure Treaty principles and values are upheld throughout the Union;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V
V. whereas a new mechanism should be based on the following guiding principles: evidence based; objective; non-discriminatory and assessing on an equal footing; applying to both Member States and institutions of the Union; and based on a graduated approach, including both a preventative and corrective arm;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 246 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital W
W. whereas a new mechanism should aim at offering a single, coherent framework, building on and incorporating existing instruments and mechanisms, and closing any remaining gaps;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital X
X. whereas the establishment of an EU Pact forcooperation and dialogue between Member States on DRF is without prejudice to the direct application of Article 7(1) and (2) TEU;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 260 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Requests the Commission to submit, by the end of 2016, on the basis of Article 295 TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of an EU Pact for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation of institutions of the Union and its Member States in the framework of Article 7 TEU, integrating, aligning and complementing existing mechanisms, following the detailed recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 268 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to conclude a new international agreement establishing permanent cooperation and dialogue on promoting DRF;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 272 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
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 Union;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that the first, pilot phase of this promotion could be a Europe-wide debate with the participation of Member State governments, national parliaments and European institutions, as well as other institutions that are responsible for promoting fundamental rights;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 293 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to present, by Junesubmit, by December 20176 at the latest, a new draft agreement forreport on the state of play in the negotiations on the accession of the Union to the ECHR, taking into account the Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 18 December 2014;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 310 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the creation of a Union Fund, on the basis of a pilot project, for legal assistance to individuals and organisations litigating cases relating to DRF violations by national governments or the institutions of the Union;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 318 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement an awareness raising campaign, providing information about citizens’ rights to judicial redress and litigation routes in cases relating to DRF violations by national governments or institutions of the Unionfundamental rights at EU level;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 326 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the CJEU to make proposals in order to speed up its procedures, with a view to improving access to justice at EU level for individuals challenging violations of DRF by the EU institutions;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 337 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that the DRF expert panel, as per the proposed interinstitutional agreement, alsoCommission assess access to justice at the European level, applying the same benchmarks to the CJEU and ECtHR, including aspects such as independence and impartiality of courts and judges, length and cost of litigation, implementation of court rulings, scope of judicial control and redress available to citizens, and options for cross border collective redress;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 349 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. Considers, furthermore, that any future Treaty revision should include the following changes:develop the promotion of DRF;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 350 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
- Article 2 TEU to become a legal base for infringement procedures and legislative measures to be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 359 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
- Enabling national courts under Article 2 TEU to bring before the CJEU actions on the legality of Member States' actions;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 363 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3
- Enabling individuals to bring actions before the CJEU;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 374 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 4
- Abolition of Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the conversion of the Charter into a Bill of Rights of the Union;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 377 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 5
- Reviewing the unanimity requirement in areas relating to respect for and protection and promotion of fundamental rights, such as equality and non-discrimination;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 387 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Confirms that the recommendations respect fundamental rights and the principle of subsidiarity;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 394 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises that any action in the field of promoting DRF should be in keeping with the principle of subsidiarity;
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 395 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that any financial implications 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, as well 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 terms;deleted
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 403 #

2015/2254(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the accompanying detailed recommendations to the Commission and the Council, and to the parliaments and governments of the Member States.
2016/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
– having regard to Articles 7, 8, 24, 47, 48 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Directive 2011/93/EU is a comprehensive legal instrument containing provisions on substantive criminal law and on criminal procedures, measures for assistance and protection of victims and for prevention, including administrative measures, and its implementation requires the close involvement of actors from different sectors such as the law- enforcement authorities, the judiciary, parents’ and family associations active on the protection of minors, non- governmental organisations, internet service providers and others;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the child's exposure to porn interferes with its normal development, and laws protecting children from access to pornography are clearly insufficient in times of continued technological progress and new means of communication;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2015/2129(INI)

D. whereas law enforcement authorities face new challenges posed by peer-to-peer and Darknet networks exchanging child sexual abuse materialpornography; whereas there is a need to raise awareness at an early stage among girls and boys about the risks and the importance of respecting the dignity and privacy of others in the digital era;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas prevention of child abuse must include both a just prosecution of all perpetrators as well as the opportunity for offenders to be treated for their addiction;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas statistical studies prove that legalisation of prostitution makes it more widespread in the short term, and causes a significant increase in trafficking in human beings and consequently may increase the scale of trafficking also of children, and of sexual offenses against them;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 30 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas child pornography has multiple victims- those appearing in the images, their families, the users' family members and friends as well as society at large;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the consumption of pornography contributes to the acceptance of various forms of sexual deviation and there is a direct proportionality between the availability of pornographic content and sexual offenses directed against children;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas perpetrators are both men and women, a social taboo which leaves a lack of treatment programmes for female offenders;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas pornography in itself grossly violates human dignity and objectifies humans and its legality produces negative social effects, and has particularly negative effects on the youngest;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas pornography is any media designed to sexually excite the user; and child pornography features anyone under 18, and is in its very essence child abuse;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas there were notorious cases of sexual abuse on adopted children perpetrated by homosexual couples (for example Mark J. Newton and Peter Truong’s case) and allowing homosexual couples to adopt is harmful to children as it suppresses the possibility of growing up in a family composed of a father and a mother, and constitutes a risk of emotional child abuse;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises that pornography use has a, scientifically proven, highly addictive drug-like effect which stimulates dopamine release, giving pleasurable sensations; and that more frequent exposure often leads to craving for more intense and novel expressions and frequency, including the viewing of child pornography;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the responsibility borne by the media whereby sexualised images of ever younger beautiful people distorts relational and neurological development and destroys healthy family relationships;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Congratulates Member States, whose fight against pornography, which itself is directed against the family and children’s rights, and affects the whole society on the long term;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the insufficiency of regulations regarding the prevention of different trends widespread among youth, and deplores the legislative attempts to disavow the traditional family model and which are directed against children’s rights;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Welcomes the bilateral agreements between the USA and Slovakia, and the UK on intelligence sharing on convicted sex offenders;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Encourages Member States to dedicate plentiful resources to breaking the businesses of child abusers both within the EU and in third countries;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages Member States to fulfil their prevention obligations by providing effective, academically peer- reviewed, intervention programmes for potential child sex abusers;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 110 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges Member States to work on the banning of prostitution and pornography, being the most effective of fighting child sexual abuse;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on Member States to revise their legislation and to withdraw from damaging children regulations which enable adoption for homosexual couples;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges that the Member States have put in place legislation and administrative measures to remove webpages containing child pornography hosted on their territory; regrets the fact that only half of the Member States have incorporated provisions into their legislation making it possible to block access to such webpages for users within their territory; calls on the Member States to fully implement Article 25, including blocking child sexual abuse material pornography where possible, and with the relevant safeguards in place;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 138 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to speed up, in cooperation with the Internet industry, the notice and take-down procedures and to establish partnerships with the online industry to prevent networks and systems from being hacked and misused to distribute child sexual abuse materialpornography;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Member States to make it mandatory for internet service providers (ISP) to report child sexual abuse materialpornography detected in their infrastructure proactively to law enforcement authorities, as well as to national hotlines;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 154 #

2015/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the active and supportive role in combating child sexual abuse materialpornography on the Internet played by civil society organisations, as is the case with the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK; urges the Member States which have not yet done so to set up such hotlines and takes the view that they should be allowed to search for child sexual abuse materialpornography online proactively;
2017/08/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas prostitution and the accompanying evil of human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution are contrary to human dignity and value, and they threaten the good of individuals, families and society;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the deepening problems of violence against women and human trafficking are fuelled by the sexualisation of cultural, media and advertising space, with girls and women being reduced to the role of sex objects, and so-called sexual services and escort agencies becoming a normal part of our world and our language;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas girls and young women, who encounter media content more often, are more likely to support sexual stereotypes depicting women as sex objects;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to combat phenomena that lead to violence against women, including the widespread availability of pornographic materials that are full of violence and that objectify women;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for terms such as 'sexual services' not to be used in legislation, since they trivialise prostitution and legitimise the exploitation of women and men for prostitution;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the global security environment aroundin the EU’s immediate neighbourhood has dramatically changed, especially in the southern and eastern neighbourhood;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned by the spread of violentarmed conflicts in its neighbourhood, notably in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Libya;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that EU Member States are major global arms exporters, accounting for EUR 36.7 billion in exports in 2013, of which EUR 26.7 billion is to non-EU countries; considers that the defence industry should aim to primarily ensure defence and security of EU Member States; is seriously concerned by the consequences for the security and defence of the EU caused by the transfer of sensitive knowledge and technology to certain third countries, such as Russia;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, while denials and suspensions of licences following embargos or conflicts and revolutions such as the so-called Arab Spring are a positive sign, they indicate that the EU export policy is merely reactive in character; considers that a more thorough assessment of the specific risks associated with recipient countries would be necessary before licensing;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores that irresponsible arms transfers continue to undermine political stability and hinder democratic, economic and social development in many parts of the world; recognises that the effective implementation of Criterion Eight would be a decisive contribution to the EU’s Policy Coherence on Development objectives;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the introduction of a standardised reporting and submission procedure, including a deadline, for information on actual exports and licence data to be applied uniformly in all Member States; calls on the Member States to report more comprehensively on licences denied, including licence-specific information regarding recipient state and specific authority, description and quantity of items to be transferred with regard to the subcategories of the Military List, and the precise reason for the denial;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for enhanced consultations between the Member States with regard to transfers to fragile and unstable regions or countriesf the world and to countries that are acting aggressively – even to the point of using weapons – in their neighbourhood; calls on the Member States to establish and publish a list of persons (including entities and individuals) that have been convicted of violating arms- export-related legislation and of cases of identified diversion; calls on the Member States to provide detailed information on procedures for the revocation or suspension of granted licences with regard to countries subject to an embargo;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Strongly believes that the citizens have the right to be informed in detail about the arms export decisions of their governments as they affect the security and well-being of their nation;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses also the essential role of civil society in increasing transparency; calls on the Commission and the EEAS/COARM to continue to deepen its dialogue with civil society and relevant, NGOs and think tanks;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2016 on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so- called ‘ISIS/Daesh’
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that the current crisis is a consequence of, amongst other things, a failure to help with refugee issues in countries such as Lebanon and Jordan, and, if that situation continues, the result will be an increased influx of refugees coming to Europe;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, bearing in mind the conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting of April 2015 on identifying, capturing and destroying, in ports, the infrastructure of groups that organise people smuggling, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrants;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is a serious danger of a new route for smuggling of illegal immigrants being opened up via the Black Sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the High Representative / Vice President of the Commission to take practical steps at the UN with a view to the Security Council giving the European Union a mandate to take action to target, in ports, the infrastructure of groups that organise people smuggling;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Bearing in mind that the immigrants are predominantly Muslim, calls on the Gulf States (in particular Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UEA, Bahrain and Oman) to show solidarity and to take responsibility for Muslims migrating to Europe from Africa and the Middle East; points out that the active involvement of the Gulf States would have a positive impact as regards resolving the current immigration crisis; points out that, from a cultural and religious point of view, the process of assimilation and adaptation of migrants will be easier in the aforementioned Gulf States;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Draws attention to the need to screen incoming immigrants and provide assistance, including by granting refugee status, above all to those with a well- founded fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, in particular Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities at risk of terrorist activities carried out by the so-called Islamic State;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the findings of the UN Security Council, among smuggled migrants there are individuals who meet the definition of a refugee under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol to that Convention;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas European Council decisions on the identification, capture and destruction of vessels before they can be used by smugglers are still not being effectively implemented;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Warns against the consequences of an unchecked influx of people from Africa and the Middle East, which could result in a general social and economic crisis in Europe, and, in turn, lead to negative public sentiment not only among Europeans, but also among migrants, who, dissatisfied with the conditions they find and with the quality of social welfare, will exhibit increasingly radicalised attitudes and behaviour, which could upset the balance of society and trigger violent, uncontrolled unrest;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the rule of law, which is one of the fundamental values of the European Union, requires border guards and other authorities of the Member States to use all means provided by law to protect the borders;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas Christian refugees are victims of violence, and whereas religious persecution has been happening during migratory movements and resulting in deaths, such as the case in April 2015 when 12 Christians who were praying were thrown out of a boat and drowned;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U b (new)
Ub. whereas senior German police officers have called for separate accommodation for Christians in camps, for their own safety;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U c (new)
Uc. whereas the Central Council of the Eastern Churches in Germany has drawn attention to the ideologically motivated silence about the persecution of Christian refugees;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 270 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a clear distinction to be made between those persons who are smuggled into the Union and those who are trafficked into the Union because, while the policy response must be properly integrated, they must also be properly targeted; states that, in general terms, the criminal smuggling of migrants involves facilitating the irregular entry of a person to a Member State, whereas human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation or reception of a person through the use of violent, deceptive or abusive means, for the purpose of exploitation;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take action to give EU Member States a UN Security Council mandate to take decisive action against the smuggling of illegal immigrants across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for effective implementation of European Council decisions on the identification, capture and destruction of vessels before they can be used by smugglers;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that military operations should not be the predominate aspect of any holistic approach to migration and reiterates that Operation Sophia must not distract assets already deployed in the Mediterranean from saving lives at sea;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 702 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Condemns the politically motivated police concealment of information about crimes and acts of hooliganism committed by immigrants, and in particular the ignoring of actions prescribed by law as endangering the security of citizens and being in breach of the principles of the rule of law and freedom of expression, thereby violating the fundamental values of the European Union;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 841 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Notes further that it is impossible properly to evaluate the advantages and drawbacks of certain elements of the CEAS owing to the fact that many Member States have not yet fully implemented the legislation;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1230 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118 a (new)
Communities requiring particular sensitivity 118a. Calls on all the relevant authorities to prevent the persecution of Christians, to respond to acts of hatred and not to refrain from action when the perpetrators are other refugees; 118b. Calls on governments to enable the relocation of persecuted Christians from camps where their safety is at risk; 118c. Calls for contacts to be established urgently with the official charity organisations of Eastern Christianity and, in collaboration with them, for the relocation to begin of Christian refugees fleeing persecution in Syria and Iraq, where a deliberate campaign being waged for many years has led to the almost complete disappearance of the 1.5-million strong Christian community in Syria and Iraq in the last 15 years; 118d. Calls for special assistance to be extended to communities without external help and unable to count on the solidarity of neighbouring states and nations, as is the case of the Yazidis.
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish as quickly as possible a global strategy to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens, taking into account all vectors of radicalisation, on the basis of the exchange of best practice and intelligence within the European Union and the evaluation of measures undertaken in the Member States; takes the view that the Commission should develop an intensive communication strategy on preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 405 #

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages permanent assistance to be maintained for immigrants from Africa and the Middle East in refugee camps within the EU and monitoring of the situation in such camps in order to prevent the radicalisation of sentiments among recently arrived refugees;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 480 #

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the absolute necessity of stepping up the exchange of information between the law enforcement authorities and intelligence agencies authorities in the Member States; stresses that stepping up the exchange of information between law enforcement authorities will also entail reinforcing the role of European Union agencies, such as Europol and Eurojust;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 540 #

2015/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Draws attention in this regard to the key significance of Turkey as a transit country for European Union citizens intending to join terrorist organisations operating in Iraq and Syria and encourages closer cooperation between the EU and Turkey regarding the tightening of borders;
2015/07/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to Article 2 paragraph 4 of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular Resolution 2625 of 24 October 1970 concerning friendly relations and co-operation among states,
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference of 1 August 1975, establishing the recognition of borders in Europe, of which Russia is a participating state, in particular paragraph 2, referring to refraining from the threat or use of force,
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to the INF Treaty of 8 December 1987, providing for the obligation not to possess, produce, or flight-test ballistic and cruise missiles with an intermediate-range capability (500 km to 5500 km),
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
- having regard to the Budapest Memorandum of 5 December 1994, the subject of which was the elimination of nuclear weapons from Ukraine in return for the assurances of non-violability of its borders,
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 e (new)
- having regard to the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 31 May 1997 on the respect of borders,
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 f (new)
- having regard to the Minsk agreement of 5 September 2014 on, among other things, an immediate ceasefire, release of hostages and illegally detained persons,
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 g (new)
- having regard to the Minsk II agreement of 15 February 2015 on, among other things, an immediate and full ceasefire and withdrawal of troops by both parties to a security zone,
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas Russia has accelerated the expansion and modernisation of the Black Sea Fleet following the annexation; whereas the Black Sea Fleet modernisation plan is one of the most ambitious parts of the Russian State Arms Procurement programme for 2011-2020; whereas in December 2014 the Russian Government approved a new military doctrine which considers NATO as a main security threat to Russia; whereas this doctrine permits the use of nuclear weapons against a state that does not have such weapons;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the global consequences of the Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine are evidenced by the nuclear manoeuvres carried out by Russia during the negotiations before the Minsk II ceasefire; whereas on [18 February] the President of Ukraine expressed the need to invite an international peacekeeping force to the eastern region of the country;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the change in the strategic landscape, and the evolving military situation in the Black Sea Basin, are indicative of broader, systemic challenges to European security; believes that the EU and the Member States must have a security response to these challenges; strongly condemns Russia’s abandonment of the mandate for the negotiation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that Russia has considerably bolstered its air and naval defences in the Black Sea Basin, deploying new naval defence (anti-ship) missiles (with a range of 600 km, able to reach the Bosphorus) and ensuring that Russian fighter planes control about three quarters of the Black Sea Basin airspace (by practically tripling the number of airports in Crimea); notes, in this regard, that Russia has bolstered its capabilities in both strategic and tactical terms: strategically, long-range bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles, and reconnaissance aviation operating close to the western shores of the Black Sea, can penetrate deep into Central Europe; tactically, two naval infantry brigades – potentially supported by Mistral-type helicopter carriers – pose a significant potential landing threat; urges France to abandon unequivocally and finally the sale of amphibious assault ships to Russia;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that potential Russian deployment of dual-capable weapon systems in Crimea place in doubt Russia’s good intentions when it comes to achieving progress on the multilateral nuclear disarmament agenda in the forthcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty review, undermining the efforts already made in that direction; strongly condemns the maintenance and modernisation by Russia of its tactical nuclear warhead arsenal of the size exceeding many times NATO’s similar arsenal; is concerned by the signals of violation by Russia of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Medium- and Intermediate-range Missiles, which would pose a significant threat to Europe and Russia’s other immediate neighbours;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is deeply concerned by the extremely serious situation in eastern Ukraine – where war is leading to the destabilisation of Ukraine and the region as a whole – including the apparent move to establish a land corridor linking Russian territory with Crimea through separatist-controlled territory along the western shore of the Azov Sea (Mariupol); as a result of which Ukraine could be completely cut off from the sea;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Supports President Petr Poroshenko’s initiative to send peacekeeping forces to eastern Ukraine; reminds that there is no embargo on providing armament assistance to Ukraine and expresses a belief that such assistance from the European Union states could contribute effectively to the halting of the spread of Russian aggression; appeals for the launch by the international community of a permanent monitoring mission to ensure that the rights of the Ukrainian and Tatar communities in Crimea are respected;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Recognises that the most appropriate reaction in the event of a protracted occupation of Crimea would be the support of the EU states that are NATO members for the acceleration of Georgia’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty; urges Ukraine and Moldova to take measures to prevent the provision of arms and military supplies to the Dniester region, both by land and by air; urges the EU and NATO to provide support to Ukraine to secure its border with the Dniester region;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the implementation of the EU energy policy aimed at promoting energy security for all Member States; urges the Member States to take the steps needed to ensure the security of oil and gas exploitation and transportation activities in the Black Sea region; calls on the European Commission to recommence work on the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2015/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Ukrainian Government to use all means at its disposal to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed on its territory; calls on the international community, including the Hague Tribunal, to commence an investigation into the potential crimes committed during the illegal annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine;
2015/03/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was created to strengthen the European Union's (EU) cooperation and partnerships with neighbouring countries in order to develop an area of shared stability, security and prosperity;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission has tried to reshape the ENP so as to address its flaws, in particular after the Arab Spring and Russian annexation of Crimea and aggression in Eastern Ukraine; whereas this was reflected in the new financing instrument for the ENP for 2014-2020 – the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI);
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas since the introduction of the new approach in 2011, political developments in the neighbourhood have demonstrated that the EU needs to further rethink relations with its neighbours, taking into account the different external and internal realities, including increasingly aggressive policy of Russia towards EU neighbours and Member States; whereas the EU needs to address new challenges in its neighbourhood and adjust its strategy by examining its interests and priorities and assessing its policy tools, incentives and available resources, so as to ensure their application in a consistent manner and their attractiveness to its partners;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas differentiation is needed, especially as the EU neighbourhood has become more fragmented than ever, with the countries differing in many respects, including in their ambitions and expectations as regards the EU; whereas the EU's bilateral relations with ENP countries are at different stages of development; whereas the EU's neighbours should be able to determine their future free from external pressure;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU Member States should retain the right to play an important role in the European neighbourhood by aligning their efforts and supporting a single EU voased on their own national and regional links and priorities; whereas the different interests and expertise of Member States could be a valuable tool for shaping a coherent and more effective neighbourhood policey;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood faces different problems and tackling these successfully requires the ENP to be flexible and adaptable to specific needs and challenges of each region;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the EU's aspirations in the East are being challenged by aggressive Russian policy seeking to weaken partner countries willingness to establish stronger links with the EU;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the main challenges for the EU in the South are extremist and terrorist groups, as well as unprecedented wave of migration coming from beyond the countries of the neighbourhood;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the renewed policy must be more strategic, with a real political vision, and politically driven; calls for special envoys to be appointed for the East and the South, with the task of politically coordinating t, taking into account different challenges facing countries in each region, as well as their differing aspirations; underlines the important role of Member States, their expertise and their bilateral relations with the ENP countries in shaping a cohe revisednt EU policy;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that short-, medium- and long- term priorities and strategic objectives be defined, bearing in mind that the ENP should aim to create different levels of cooperation in different areas among and with the ENP countries; stresses that in defining its approach the EU should look at its priorities and those of the individual countries concerned, together with their level of development, considering the interests of society on the whole and not only those of the political elite;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. RegretNotes the limited resources allocated to the EU's cooperation with its partners within its neighbourhood, notably in comparison with other stakeholders;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 255 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to reshape the ENP in order to build strong, lasting partnerships with thewilling ENP countries; calls for the technical aspects of the policy to be underpinned by a clear political vision;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the continuous need to focus on strengthening and consolidating democracy, the rule of law, the independence of the justice system, respect for minorities, including religious groups, in particular Christians, and diversity; highlights that capacity-building in national institutions, including their national assemblies, together with support for civil society, pro- democracy groups and political parties, will enhance political dialogue and pluralism;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 399 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that security and stability are basicfundamental concerns in the neighbourhood and that current developments in the region call for a strong security component in the ENP, which has regrettably been missing to datecloser cooperation in addressing security issues in the spirit of solidarity between EU Members States in the face of aggression against some of the neighbourhood countries by Russia and extremist terrorist groups;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls forBelieves that closer coordination between the ENP and wider Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) activities, addressing differentmay be necessary to address security aspects of the security of ENP countries and of the EU;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 429 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the need for an overarching political strategy to restore the European political order while ensuring full compliance with international law and commitments, as laid down in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975,at the ENP should be based on respect for human rights, minority rights and fundamental freedoms, independence, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of states, and peaceful resolution of conflicts; notes that the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as the biggest regional organisation responsible for security, can play an important role in this regarsolving current ongoing and frozen conflicts in the Eastern Neighbourhood;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 464 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to actively promote and assist in the peaceful settlement of conflicts in the region, using different tools and instruments, on the basis of the added value they may provide – such measures include its EU Special Representatives, confidence-building programmes and, promoting people to people contacts and, where appropriate, civilian CSDP missions;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 543 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the EU to take advantage of the expertise of the regional organisations to which the neighbours belong, such as the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the African Union and the League of Arab States, which are important fora in which to engage partners in carrying out reforms, to address concerns on human rights, regional issues - for which they should assume greater responsibility - and to foster democratisation;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 545 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Believes that the EU's main focus should be on cooperation with regional organisations and actors in order to resolve conflicts and deescalate tensions, rather than act unilaterally as a regional policeman;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 546 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the EU to explore and identify, together with its partners, priorities for integration in different policy fields, such as economic development, infrastructure and regional development, the environment, competition policies, SMEs, migration, security, energy and energy efficiency, with the aim of creating an area of prosperity and goodwith the aim of creating an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness and link those with progress on improving human rights and respect for fundamental freedoms in the neighbourlinesshood;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 566 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the HR/VP and the European Commission to guarantee the safety and freedom of Christians and other religious and minority groups who are facing increasing discrimination and persecution in the countries of the Southern neighbourhood; calls on the European Commission to ensure that future agreements in the framework of ENP include effective monitoring mechanisms for the protection of the human rights of religious and ethnic minorities;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 569 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of freer movement of people, and supports enhancingnotes the ongoing process of visa facilitation and visa liberalisation within the neighbourhood on the country by country basis, particularly for students, young people and researchers; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to further enhance mobility partnerships within the neighbourhood and develop possibilities for circular migration schemes, which would encourage and reward regular migrantlegal migrants; notes that such developments are at different stages of development in the individual countries in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 594 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that high unemployment, social exclusion and poverty, combined with the low political participation of women, are root causes of instability, and demandsencourages further engagement beyond the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs);
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 609 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Calls onInvites the Commission to explore and offer to the ENP countries different levels of participation, cooperation and engagement in its policies, programmes and agencies, such as in EUROPOL, customs management and the Energy Community;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 626 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Emphasises that for the ENP to be a successful policy, it should also ensure that there is ownership bytake into account important role of the Member States; calls on the Commission, therefore, to reinforce policy coordination and joint programming of financial assistance, and to provide mechanisms to foster consultation between the Member States, EU structures and neighbouring countries;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 643 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that the visibility of EU assistance should be enhanced in order to make clear toprimarily focus on effective outcomes for the populations of the partner countries and the EU Member States the benefits of EU supportrather than visibility;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 657 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the EU to strengthen its capacity to counter misinformation and propaganda campaigns against the EU and its Member States, coming mainly from Russia;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 663 #

2015/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the Governments and Parliaments of ENP countries, to the Euronest and Euromed parliamentary assemblies, League of Arab States and OSCE;
2015/05/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas Russia has developed policies and instruments for, and became an active user of, a new type of hybrid warfare, deliberately blurring the lines between military/paramilitary activity and political activism, employing a mix of weaponised information (information deliberately altered and aired to inflict damage to societal, political and institutional structures), using professional instigators of insurgency in foreign countries, targeting local minority-language groups abroad for destabilisation, controlling information space and combining cyber warfare with military means; whereas there are signs, such as the kidnapping of Estonian Internal Security Service officer Eston Kohver on Estonian territory, that Russia has begun to use this kind of warfare against EU Member States;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the intrusions of Russian jet fighters into the airspace of EU and NATO members states jeopardise the safety of civilian flights; whereas Russia’s ever more overt military posturing in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood in the form of large-scale military manoeuvres – some of which involve nuclear weapons or armed war planes – poses a direct threat to civil aviation safety;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the World Media Freedom Index 2014 ranks the Russian Federation at 148th place out of 180; whereas the financing of state-controlled media outlets has been significantly widened and increased; whereas the Russian Bolshevik leaders are once again being made the subject of personality cults; whereas the current Russian authorities have frequently glorified the Soviet Union, in particular Stalin’s approach to international affairs;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas Russia has suspended its participation in negotiations on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; whereas it is maintaining and modernising an arsenal of tactical nuclear warheads which is several times larger than NATO’s own arsenal and plays a key role in Russia’s military strategy; whereas there are signs that Russia has violated the Intermediate- Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which if true would pose a serious threat to Europe and Russia’s other immediate neighbours;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that, in the light of Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in the war in Ukraine, amounting to a deliberate violation of the core of the democratic principles and values sustained by the EU and widely shared internationally, the EU cannot envisage a return to ‘business as usual’; calls for a critical re-assessment by the EU of its relations with Russia, and for the drafting, as promptly as possible, of a soft-power contingency plan, a key component of which could be a new opening at the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, to counter the aggressive and divisive policies conducted by Russia against the EU and its partners; believes that the Member States should prepare themselves as quickly as possible to deal with the new security threats at the EU’s eastern borders, not only by strengthening their military capabilities, but also by showing greater political solidarity with the countries most at risk and defending their security interests within NATO;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by the fact that Russia now openly positions itself, and acts, not as a partner of, but as a rival to the international democratic community, seeking to challenge the current international order, and is in the process of redrawing borders within Europe; is extremely worried by the tendency of the Russian authorities to systematically denigrate liberalWestern democracy and to consider democratic neighbouring countries as a threat to their own rule;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 300 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, in this regard, that the strengthening of internal policies, notably through closer integrationto be achieved notably by achieving greater solidarity and cohesion in Member States’ policies, is the keystone of an efficient and successful EU external policy; calls, therefore, on the Member States to carry on with, and intensify their efforts towards, the effective elimination of decision- making bottlenecks and the consolidation of common policies, with the aim of minimising the vulnerabilities of these policies and maximising their resilience, in particular in the areas of trade, financial services and transactions, migration, energy, external borders management, information and cyber security;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 392 #

2015/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU to provide support to grass-roots projects aimed at developing high journalistic standards, freedom of the media, and unbiased and trustworthy information in Russia, and at deconstructing propaganda within the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries; calls on the Russian authorities to condemn Communism and the Soviet regime and to punish those who committed crimes in their name; supports the initiative to develop Russian- language media channels, with a view to providing a credible and accessible alternative to biased information for Russian-speaking minorities in the EU and in the Eastern Partnership countries;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2015/0125(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Relocating countries should define their own criteria for selecting people for relocation. Countries from which refugees will be resettled, should allow hosting countries practical assistance in the selection and relocation of displaced persons (complying with recital 25) and in preparing for their relocation.
2015/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2015/0125(NLE)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
(19) The provisional measures are intended to relieve the significant asylum pressure from Italy and Greece, in particular by relocating an important number of applicants in clear need of international protection who have arrived in the territory of Italy and Greece following the date on which this Decision becomes applicable. Based on the overall number of third- country nationals who have entered irregularly Italy and Greece in 2014 and the number of those who are in clear need of international protection, a total of 420 000 applicants in clear need of international protection should be relocated from Italy and Greece. This number corresponds to approximately 40% of the total number of third country nationals in clear need of international protection who have entered irregularly in Italy and Greece in 2014. Thus, the relocation measure proposed in this Decision constitutes fair burden sharing between Italy and Greece on the one hand and the other Member States on the other hand. Based on the same overall available figures in 2014 and in the first four months of 2015 in Italy compared to Greece, 60% of these applicants should be relocated from Italy and 40% from Greece.
2015/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2014/2817(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas earlier this year Russia staged military exercises in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region; whereas the parliament of Transnistria repeated an appeal to Moscow to be allowed to join Russia;
2014/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2014/2817(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of anti- discrimination legislation to ensure equality and protection for all minorities, and in particular for LGBT personreligious and ethnic minorities;
2014/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2014/2817(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses thatIs gravely concerned with Russia's concerns regardactions aimed at undermining the association process of the EU's Eastern neighbours must be adequately addressed and understood, so as to ease fears of new geopolitical dividing lines on the European continent; notes that each country has every right to make its own political choices, butand that the EU's engagement with the Eastern partners aims to spread prosperity and increase political stability, from which the whole region will ultimately gain;
2014/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2014/2817(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Deplores the use of trade by Russia as an instrument to destabilise the region by introducing several import bans on products from Moldova and Ukraine; is concerned with the possibility of Russia repeating the Crimean scenario in Transnistria;
2014/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
– having regard to the draft Association Agreement (‘Agreement’) between the European Union and Georgia signed on 27 June 2014 (17901/2013),
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
– having regard to the Joint Declaration of the Prague Eastern Partnership Summit of 7 May 2009, Warsaw Eastern Partnership Summit of 30 September 2011, and Vilnius Eastern Partnership Summit of 29 November 2013,
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas there is strong national and cross-party consensus in Georgia in favour of European integration with the West, including EU and NATO;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Europe should show its solidarity and support for sovereignty of the countries that regained their independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas in the last few years Georgia has made significant progress in reforms and in strengthening relations with the EU, as well as developing a mature democratic system, as shown by peaceful transfer of power after last parliamentary and presidential elections;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Russia continues to occupy the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, in violation of the fundamental norms and principles of international laws; whereas ethnic cleansing and forcible demographic changes have taken place in the areas under the effective control of the occupying force, which bears the responsibility for human rights violations in these areas;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU stresses the right of Georgia to join any international organisation or alliance, while respecting international law, and reiterating its firm belief in the principle that no third country has a veto over the sovereign decision of another country on such matters;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Warmly welcomes the signature of the Association Agreement as constituting a significant step forward in EU-Georgia relations and embodying a commitment to the path of political association and economic integration; stresses that the ratification of the Agreement is not the final goal in itself andand should be followed by thate full implementation thereof is key;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the rapid ratification of the Agreement by the Georgian Parliament by unanimity and invites the parliaments of the EU Member States to swiftly ratify the Association Agreement;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, under Article 49 TEU, Georgia – like any other European state – has a European perspective and may apply to become a member of the Union provided that it adheres to the principles of democracy, respects fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law and that the EU should develop its relations with Georgia based on its European perspective;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reaffirms its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and calls for the EU to ensure the applicability of the Agreement to the whole territory of Georgia; calls, in this connection, for the EU to continue to engage actively in conflict resolution, through the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia and through the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM);
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on Russia to reverse its recognition of the independence of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and the Thskhinvali region / South Ossetia, to end the occupation of the Georgian territories and to fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, as well as the inviolability of its internationally - recognized borders;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the efforts by the Georgian authorities in the area of democratic reforms, including tacklingIs concerned with the escalation of the political conflict and use of judicial system to fight against the political opponents, which undermines the refform of the judiciary, and the need to investigate properly and fully all allegations of violations of human rightts by the Georgian authorities in the area of democratic reforms; recognises the fundamental principle of equality before the law; stresses, however, that all prosecutions should be transparent, proportionate and free from political motivation, and should adhere strictly to due process;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is gravely concerned about opening a criminal case on the basis of Article 315 of the Georgian Criminal Code against the UNM party, alleging "a conspiracy or revolt aimed at forceful change of constitutional order in Georgia", which follows the arrest or prosecution of almost entire leadership of the former government party, including charges pressed against former president Michael Saakashvili and detention of former prime minister Vano Merabishvili;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the importance of anti- discrimination legislation to ensure equality and protection for all minorities; welcomes the adoptionRecognises Georgia’s extraordinary determination and achievements – despite numerous crises and setbacks – in building a free society based ofn the anti- discrimination law by the Georgian Parliament, and calls for its full implementation rule of law, democracy and social pluralism, especially during the letter and spirit of EU legislation and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; notes that this is an important step in the visa liberalisation process; encourages the Georgian authorities to conduct information campaigns on the subjectast 11 years since the ‘Rose Revolution’; draws attention to the strong support for this process within Georgian society, including from the public authorities and the Orthodox Church;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the work carried out by Georgia in implementing the visa facilitation and readmission agreements; welcomes, also, the significant progress made in the visa dialogue; supports timely introduction of a visa free regime for Georgia as a tangible positive development for the benefit of Georgian citizens;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and calls for the EU to ensure the applicability of the Agreement to the whole territory of Georgia; calls, in this connection, for the EU to continue to engage actively in conflict resolution, through the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia and through the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM);deleted
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2014/2816(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that Russia’s concerns as regardsIs concerned with Russia’s actions hampering the association process of the EU’s Eastern neighbours must be adequately addressed and explained, so as to ease fears of new geopolitical dividing lines on the European continent; points out that each country has every right to make its own political choices, but that the EU’s engagement with the Eastern partners aims to spread prosperity and increase political stability, from which all countries in the region will gain;
2014/10/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation, in particular by guaranteeing that the dignity of every human being is respected from conception until natural death;
2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 179 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that even where the life of unborn persons is not sufficiently protected, everyone should be guaranteed the right not to take any action to harm the life of such persons;
2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 298 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic and, anti-Islamic and anti-Christian discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance, in particular in the form of freedom to express moral convictions;
2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 401 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minoritiesdisabled people, who are a permanent minority, and unborn children are still victims of discrimination;
2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 413 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to fully respect the rights of national minorities, particularly on issues of language, education and culture;
2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 439 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that negotiations within the Council on the proposal for an anti-discrimination directive have stalled, and reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possiblExpresses concern at the stubborn attempts, ignoring broad public opposition, to introduce a directive on ‘non-discrimination’, in a form which runs counter to its stated intent, by, among other things, undermining both the right of some people to protect their lives and freedom of expression in defending the ethics of marital and family life;
2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 459 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity and moral convictions, and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women;
2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 520 #

2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that sexual restraint, expressed through marital fidelity, voluntary celibacy or premarital chastity, and an upbringing based on these principles, are an expression of dignity and moral responsibility which is worthy of respect, and that those who live according to these principles have the right to due protection from discrimination and contempt;
2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2014/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply concerned over the escalating and calculated to intimidate Russia's actions against Member States of the European Union, which have adopted, inter alia, forms of large-scale military exercises carried out in the immediate vicinity of the European Union, which encompass also the use of nuclear weapons against some members of the European Union and NATO; is also deeply concerned with numerous Russian demonstrative military aircraft flights at the vicinity of airspace of many members of the European Union and NATO, which contribute to escalating tensions and threaten the security of civil air transport;
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2014/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Expresses its deep concern about maintaining and modernizing Russia's arsenal of tactical nuclear warheads, which is many times greater than the corresponding arsenal of NATO, the role of this factor in the country's military doctrine, as well as with signals of violations by Russia of the INF Treaty, which would pose a serious threat situation to Europe and other neighbours of Russia;
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2014/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the intention of the November 2013 Council to enhance the modularity and flexibility of the EU battlegroups so that they can be deployed for crisis-management tasks of all types; notes, however, that the only progress here to date has been the very limited step of proposing that the Athena mechanism should cover the strategic transport of battlegroups into theatres of operations; insists that all the Member UE should stop chartered flights from a Russian intermediator company involved in the SALIS (Strates should demonstrate a constructive attitude and overcome, once and for all, the political and operational impediments to battlegroup deploymentgic Airlift Interim Solution) arrangement and come back to the idea to charter Russian 124 transport planes directly from Ukraine, to ensure strategic autonomy of the EU, as a sign of solidarity and help to Ukraine's economy by including this state in cooperation of European defence industries;
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #

2014/2220(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Believes that all the measures in question are contingent on the prior joint determination of what falls within the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) so that potential beneficiary companies or strategic activities can be targeted; in accordance with the principle of solidarity and equality, this process, cannot ignore the Member States of smaller industrial and research potentials;
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2014/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1 a (new)
- strengthening of the sovereignty of the EU countries which regained or gained their independence after the collapse of Soviet Union;
2015/01/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #

2014/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that an overarching political strategy is needed, aimed at reinvigorating the European political and legal order, which was laid down with the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and which binds all European states, including Russia; insists that this order is based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states, and the peaceful resolution of conflicts; sees the development of a constructive dialogue with Russia on cooperation to strengthen this order as a basis forn important part of peace and stability in Europe, provided that Russia respects international law and fulfils its commitments regarding Georgia and Ukraine, including withdrawal from Crimea;
2015/01/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 302 #

2014/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Urges Russia to honour its commitments and obligations, including those enshrined in the UN Charter, the OSCE Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest Memorandum; strongly condemns Russia´s direct military interventaggression and hybrid war against Ukraine, as well aswhich was started with the illegal annexation of Crimea; urges Russia to de- escalate and to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory; calls for the immediate and full implementation of the Minsk Protocol;
2015/01/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2014/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Believes that increase of openly or potentially aggressive actions of Russia against its western neighbours should be countered by proportional strengthening of the EU support for independence and sovereignty of the countries which emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union and by proportional increase of security guarantees for the region from the EU Member States who are also NATO members;
2015/01/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 311 #

2014/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the sanctions adopted by the EU in reaction to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and stresses that these are scalable and reversible, depending on the fulfilment of the Minsk agreement; calls on the European Commission to watch over their unanimous implementation and excludes any approval of using Russian embargo on food exports to take over the Russian market share by the EU countries which will be allowed to do so by Russia;
2015/01/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2014/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that additional EU support should be granted to partner governments which are committed to and make tangible progress towards democratisation, such as Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco; is of an opinion that the EU should assign additional EU funding to those partner countries, which have good track record in human rights and preserving social peace, especially including the defence of Christian minorities; urges HR/VP and EEAS to do their outmost to protect the rights of Christians around the World;
2015/01/02
Committee: AFET