Activities of Janice ATKINSON

(-1) Recital 9 is replaced by the following: "(9) This Regulation ~~does not~~shall cover estimates of the number of persons illegally resident in the Member States. Member States sh~~ould not~~all provide such estimates orand data on such persons to the Commission (Eurostat)~~, although they may be included in population stocks due to surveys. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:199:0023:0029:en:PDF)~~. " Or. en (https://eur-

2018/10/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Schengen area is a unique arrangement and one of the greatest ~~achievement~~failures of the European Union, allowing free movement of people within the Schengen area without controls at internal borders; whereas this has been made possible through a variety of compensating measures, such as re- enforcing the exchange of information through the establishment of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and creating an evaluation mechanism to verify the implementation of the Schengen acquis by Member States and foster mutual trust in the functioning of the Schengen areaterrorists, drugs, illegal weapons and illegal migrants within the Schengen area without controls at internal borders; whereas mutual trust also demands solidarity, judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters and ~~common views on migration, visa and asylum policie~~respected boundaries such as national borders;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas in recent years several factors have impacted the functioning of the Schengen area; whereas these factors include a significant numbers of ~~asylum seekers and irregular~~illegal migrants with related secondary movements; whereas these factors also include terrorism and a heightened threat to public policy and the internal security of the Member States; whereas several Member States have also reintroduced and subsequently prolonged controls at internal borders since 2014;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the permanent reintroduction of border controls would have serious beneficial impacts on citizens’ lives and seriously undermine their trust in European integration; whereas Schengen countries would face tremendous direct operational and investment costs, with crippling effects on their economies; whereas the estimations of those costs alone amount to more than EUR 18 billion per year for cross-border workers, tourists, road freight transporters and public administeveryday security and be the natural consequence of their lack of trust in European integrations;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas the Schengen area is at a crossroads and requires decisive action to bring back the benefits it provides to the citizens;~~deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the Working Group on Schengen Scrutiny has followed closely the implementation of the Schengen acquis through the findings of the Schengen evaluation mechanism, the vulnerability assessment methodology, committee hearings and missions to Member States and third countries; whereas it has identified the measures that have been or are about to be implemented, the major shortcomings in the functioning of the Schengen area and the necessary actions to be taken in the future;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. Whereas the collusion between some NGOs and smuggler networks have been documented, encouraging illegal migration toward Member States;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes the effectiveness of the measures taken at the external borders, such as Hungary’s fence, and the creation of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex); notes the efforts of the Agency in implementing the new regulation, especially through joint operations in the field of border surveillance and return, and by supporting the Member States particularly affected by migratory pressure; sees the importance of the newly introduced vulnerability assessment mechanism in uncovering weaknesses at the common external borders and preventing crises; ~~emphasises the concerted efforts and cooperation between agencies and o~~asks the Commission to fully use Frontex’s capacities, especially in helping Member States to send back all illegal migrants to their ~~stakeholders in organising the ‘Hotspot’ approach~~home countries or partnered third countries which agreed to accept them, based on the Australian “No Way” policy;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises the support and capacity-building measures taken in the countries of origin to address the root causes of irregular migration; considers it crucial that adequate maritime search-~~and-~~ rescue-and-send-back aspects and capabilities are embedded into all operational planning and execution~~, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014~~;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Sees great value in the renewed Schengen evaluation mechanism as it promotes transparency, mutual trust and accountability between the Member States by scrutinising the way they implement the different fields of the Schengen acquis;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are ~~not~~ due to problems in the structure and construction of Schengen itself ~~but rather~~and also to the connected fields of the acquis, such as ~~shortcoming~~irresponsabilities in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and especially the lack of control of the external borders;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Condemn~~Welcomes the continued reintroduction of internal border checks as this undermines the basic principles of the Schengen area, and expresses doubts about the lawfulness of some prolongations of controls; is also of the opinion that Member States have not taken the proper measures to ensure cooperation with other affected Member States to minimise the effects of these measures, nor have they provided enough information on the results of such controls, therefore hindering the analysis by the Commission and scrutiny by Parliament; considers the economic, political and social impacts of this practice to be detrimental to the unity of the Schengen area and harmful to the prosperity of European citizenallow Member States to protect their citizens with effectiveness; recalls that Member States ~~have~~’ other tools available, namely targeted police controls, a~~s recommended by the Commission~~re not sufficient as demonstrated by the recent wave of islamic terror strikes;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Appreciat~~Deplores, as part of efforts to restore the normal functioning of Schengen, the proposal to amend the Schengen Borders Code; recalls that these changes ~~should merely reflect~~will not be sufficient given the new challenges and diffuse threats to internal security and should ~~not~~rather be a further avenue for ~~prolonging inter~~definitively restoring national border ~~control~~s; considers that the~~se steps are to be made carefully in order not to inflict irreversible damage on the basic idea of free movemen~~ utopic idea of free movement is an obvious failure and should be put to rest;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that all the Member States should do their utmost to ensure a high level of control at their external borders, as enshrined in the Treaties, by allocating sufficient resources through staffing ~~and~~, expertise, establishing the necessary command and control structures and formulating up-to-date risk analyses in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 for all tiers of command to facilitate effective operationsand a border fence such as the one in Hungary or a “No Way” policy based on the Australian model;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that cooperation at national level between different law enforcement services, the military, border guards and customs is ~~often inadequate, resulting in fragmented situational awareness and low effectiveness~~without the slightest doubt the best way to ensure both national and common security while respecting each Member States’ sovereignty;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses the urgent need to ~~address the identified critical shortcomings without delay in order to return to the normal functioning of Schengen without~~restore internal border controls;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on all Member States to implement fully the existing regulations and calls on the Commission to act decisively in matters of violations of commonly agreed rules by imposing proportionate and necessary measures on the Member States in question, in order to safeguard the interests of the other Member States and of the Union as a whole;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Member States to ensure swift return procedures ~~once a return decision has been issued; calls on the Member States to take specif~~every time an illegal migrant is detected, as illegally crossing a border is a crime which steps to ensure adequate infrastructure, accommodation and living conditions for arriving asylum seekers, especially taking into consideration the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with minors; calls on hould not be taken lightly; recalls that because of Schengen any illegal migrant who successfully violates the external borders of the EU is then free to travel to another Member State~~s to bring their detention facilities into line with the requirements so as to meet capacity demand, and to increase the use of alternative measures to detention~~, potentially with harmful intentions as it has been witnessed numerous times; stresses that every single successful illegal migrant gives hope to others and accentuate the whole migration crisis;

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2256(INI)

Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Recalls the high priority given to the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) as part of the holistic approach to tackling the refugee and migration crisis and the Commission’s Agenda on Migration; calls on the Council to swiftly follow Parliament in adopting a mandate for negotiations on every proposal in this regard; highlights that the new European Agency for Asylum has still to be approved and urges the Council to unblock this file as a matter of urgency;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE

2017/2178(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Is concerned~~Deplores that the public procurement procedure launched for the further development and maintenance of the VIS system (EUR 192 million six year contract) without precisely defining the services requested required tenderers to have access to the Biometric Matching Service technology developed by one single company with no obligations to provide commercial access to tenderers; calls on the Agency to avoid being locked- in to any vendors as this would be detrimental to its long term financial interests, damaging the cost-effectiveness of procurement procedures and limiting competition; urges the Agency to conclude agreements with multiple suppliers and to define the services required precisely;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2178(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Deplores that the Agency amended the construction contract for its premises in Strasbourg (EUR 21.2 million) to proceed with advance payments in order to increase its budget consumption; points out that by November 2016 the Agency had paid the full contract amount although less than half of the work had been completed; requests the Agency to better assess the necessity of taking such financial risks as the use of financial guarantees does not cover all financial risks;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2178(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Regrets~~Finds it unacceptable that in 2016 the Agency received and accepted supplies amounting to EUR 2.8 million without having budget and contracts in place for it; requests the Agency to better adhere to public procurement procedures;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2177(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, Harald VILIMSKY, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that in order to cover its support to Member States of first entry, in particular for the registration and interviewing of asylum applicants and ~~for the relocation scheme~~illegal migrants and for the failing relocation scheme that has not been agreed by all Member States, the budget of the European Asylum Support Office (‘the Office’) increased by an absurdly exorbitant 273 %; underlines the fact that the Office’s staff also increased by ~~only 34 % and that~~34 % while far fewer experts from Member States have been deployed to Member States of first entry ~~than actually needed~~;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2177(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, Harald VILIMSKY, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that due to the migration crisis the Office has faced problems absorbing additional Union funds granted in 2016 leading to considerable cancellations and carry-overs as well as difficulties in complying with budgetary and financial rules;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2169(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Not~~Deplores the 10 % staff and budget increases of Europol in 2016 following the decision to entrust Europol with new tasks; notes the high implementation rates for commitment (99,8 %) and payment appropriations (91,0 %);

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2169(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Acknowledge~~Rejects the ever-increasing demand for Europol’s services from Member States; ~~regret~~welcomes, in that context, the fact that the ~~tight~~ ICT resources available have resulted in a re-prioritisation of core systems development activities~~, project delays and have also triggered an exploration of further outsourcing possibilities with the increased risks that that implies~~ to make them more efficient and effective;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2164(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN, Harald VILIMSKY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Highlight~~Deplores that the mandate of Frontex was considerably extended with a budget increase of 75 % versus 18 % for its staff; notes ~~in this context,~~ the Court of Auditors' conclusions that the annual accounts of the Agency fairly present its financial position on 31 December 2016 and that its transactions are legal and regular;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2164(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the contribution of 4. Frontex to saving more than 250 000 people at sea in 2015; ~~welcomes the increase in the Agency’s search and rescue capacity; notes, however, that considerable efforts still have to be made in that direction~~notes that considerable efforts still have to be made in combating illegal immigration and returning illegal immigrants;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2164(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, Harald VILIMSKY, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Notes with concern a significant gender imbalance of 93% / 7% in the Agency’s management board;~~deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2164(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Janice ATKINSON, Harald VILIMSKY, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Agency to provide its Fundamental Rights Officer with adequate resources and staff, in particular for setting up a complaint mechanism and for further developing and implementing the Agency’s strategy to monitor and ensure the protection of fundamental rights.deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2163(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Court of Auditors' conclusions that the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) fairly present its financial position on 31 December 2016 and that its transactions are legal and regular;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2163(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Points out~~Deplores that the budget and the staff of CEPOL increased by about 22% in 2016; notes in that context that carry-overs of committed appropriations were a high for Title II (expenditure for support activities) at 140 055 euro, i.e. 30 % and mainly related to IT consulting and IT related goods and services ordered late in the year;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2163(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Agrees with the Management Board that CEPOL has effectively delivered the expected products and services in accordance with its 2016 Work Programme;~~deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2163(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that 2016 was the first full year of implementation of the ‘EU/MENA Counter-Terrorism Training Partnership project’; acknowledges that this project is now recognised as a flagship project in EU cooperation with MENA countries on Counter Terrorism;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2155(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, André ELISSEN, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the strengthening of the Eurojust’s position as the centre for judicial cooperation and coordination against cross-border crime and as a centre of judicial expertise within the Union; highlights the launch of the European Judicial Cybercrime Network; notes that Eurojust received requests for assistance in 2306 cases (+4%), that it organised 249 coordination meetings on 288 cases and provided support to 148 joint investigation teams, including financial support to 90 of them (+32%); notes the publication of the forth Eurojust report “Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Eurojust’s Views on the Phenomenon and the Criminal Justice Response” of December 2016;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2155(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Deplores that Eurojust faced budgetary availability issues due to known structural problems with its funding and that for the second successive year was forced to resort to mitigation measures subject to an amending budget, leading to the postponement of some of its ongoing activities and the deferral of valuable technological developments;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2150(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Court of Auditors' (“the Court”) conclusions that the annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (“the Centre”) present fairly its financial position on 31 December 2016 and that its transactions are legal and regular;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2150(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the high budget execution rate of the Centre, with commitment and payment appropriation reaching respectively 99.95 % and 95.64 % and consumption of carry-over credits reaching 94%; ~~notes however~~welcomes that the budget of the Centre decreased by 17% in 2016 compared to 2015;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2150(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, André ELISSEN, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresse~~Condemns that the Centre did not respect the ceiling of a framework contract, which was signed in 2012 with a maximum amount for signing specific contracts of EUR 250 000, as by the end of 2015 the total payments made under this contract amounted to EUR 382 181; calls on the Centre to improve the procedure for monitoring framework contracts;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2149(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Court of Auditors' conclusions that the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (“the Agency”) present fairly its financial position on 31 December 2016 and that its transactions are legal and regular;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2149(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with concern that, as in 2015, carry-overs of committed appropriations were too high for Title III (operating expenditure) at EUR 5,2 million~~, i.e. 68 %; acknowledges that this year, as in the previous year, this simply reflects the multi-annual nature of the Agency’s activities~~ and stresses that these should be reduced;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2149(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets the fact that the Agency’s mandate still limits its role as regards the support for fundamental rights; stresses that the Agency should be able to offer opinions on legislative proposals on its own initiative and that its remit should extend to all areas of rights protected under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including issues of judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters; recommends the inclusion of the those thematic areas in the new multiannual financial framework;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2149(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, Janice ATKINSON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes with concern a significant gender imbalance, in particular in the senior management positions of the Agency; urges the Agency to step up its efforts to correct this imbalance and to communicate the results in due time to the discharge authority.deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2144(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Encourag~~Notes the growing contribution of the EDPS to solutions driving innovation and enhancing privacy and data protection, especially by increasing transparency, user control and accountability in big data processing; ~~calls for effective actions maximising benefits of new technologies ensuring full respect for all the fundamental rights;~~

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2144(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Nicolas BAY, Gilles LEBRETON, André ELISSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcom~~Notes the aim of the Agency, as set out in the Strategy for its mandate, to make data protection as simple and effective as possible for all involved;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2136(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, André ELISSEN, Harald VILIMSKY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the opinion of the European Court of Auditors on the 2016 accounts of the Union; highlights especially the further reduction of payment errors in 2016 to the all-time low of 3.1 % and notes that this is the first time that the Court issues a qualified opinion on payments since 1994; regrets however that the payment error rate for Heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) was not calculated by the Court as only 15 transactions have been audited;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2136(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, André ELISSEN, Harald VILIMSKY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that shared management payments for Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and Internal Security Fund was slow considering that 2016 was already the third year of the implementation of the current Multiannual financial framework (MFF); stresses the importance of reducing risks of delays in the implementation of national plans and in the correction of deficiencies in Member States control systems; highlights the importance of assessing Member States control systems based on sufficiently detailed information;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2136(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, André ELISSEN, Harald VILIMSKY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Reminds that special instruments were used extensively in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to respond notably to the humanitarian situation faced by asylum- seekers in the EU and that there is therefore a risk that the amounts left until the end of the current MFF may not be sufficient to respond to unexpected events that may occur before 2020; requests the Commission to solve this structural issue in the next MFFand illegal migrants in the EU;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2136(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, André ELISSEN, Harald VILIMSKY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the development of a coherent and systematic strategy with clearer political and operational priorities for protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms, while ensuring its effective implementation also by granting sufficient funds for this purpose;deleted

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2136(DEC)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, André ELISSEN, Harald VILIMSKY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Stress~~Deplores that only one third of the projects examined had a performance measurement system with output and result indicators linked to the operational programme objectives, while the majority of the projects met their output objectives at least partially; highlights that for 42 % of the projects it was not possible to identify and measure a specific contribution to the overall programme objectives since no result indicators or targets were defined at project level.

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2083(INI)

Lorenzo FONTANA, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes that mass migration policy enforced by the EU is never the solution to solve the demographic challenges

2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/2083(INI)

Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY, Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recognises the ~~strategic potential of the~~ African diaspora world-wide i~~n terms of both financial remittances an~~s often a trauma for the local development of African countries, the development of a country can not be based non- a financial ~~values, as regards capacity to build and promote peace, democracy, good governance and social stability~~remittance system and Europe should not support such a development model;

2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/2083(INI)

Lorenzo FONTANA, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Recommends further efforts to implement ~~the Valletta Action Plan for humane and sustainable management of migration on both sides of the Mediterranean.~~bilateral agreements between Member States and African countries in order to identify beneficiaries of international protection and those who are not entitled to it before their departure;

2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects [the Commission proposal].

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents.

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0133(COD)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Harald VILIMSKY, Gilles LEBRETON

Proposal for a regulation
–

~~The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.~~

2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas prison conditions and prison management are responsibilities of the Member States ~~but the Union also has a necessary role to play in protecting the fundamental rights of prisoners and in creating the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice;~~.

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas alternative sanctions should be prioritised in the case of prisoners who do not present a serious danger to society, thus keeping them in an open environment and giving them better access to social services, care and reintegration;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas, a~~ccording to Council of Europe figures for 2014, on average 20%~~ disproportional amount of prisoners in ~~European prisons~~the EU are foreigners ~~and~~; whereas the~~y ar~~ EU's open border policy attracts a substantive amosunt of~~ten remanded in custody because of the greater risk of absconding associated with them~~ criminals from third countries; whereas Schengen has greatly benefited transnational activities of organized crime;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas radicaliszation of Muslims is occurring in many prisons in the European Union;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Deplores the fact that overcrowding of prisons, which is in many cases related to the disproportionally high number of third country nationals present in the EU and which is very common in Europe’s prisons, particularly in Greece, France, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia and Romania, in many cases has a serious impact on the safety of prison staff and prisoners, but also with regard to the activities made available, medical care and monitoring of prisoners;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that increasing prisons’ capacity is not the sole solution to overcrowding, as the prison population tends to rise at the same rate as prison capacity; calls nonetheless on Member States to allocate appropriate resources to refurbishment and modernisation of prisons in order to protect the rights of prisoners; recalls that the Commission recently mentioned the possibility of drawing on the Structural Funds of the European Union;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages Member States to adopt non-custodial measures as an alternative to detention and calls on them to ensure that, in addition to the punitive aspect of imprisonment, attention is also devoted to more educational and social aspects, in order to enable punishment to be managed better, make a success of social reintegration and reduce recidivism; draws attention in this connection to the good practices which exist in the Scandinavian countries;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on Member States to abide by the specific recommendations concerning prison conditions for vulnerable detainees; deplores the fact that people who are mentally ill sometimes are, and remain, imprisoned simply because of the lack of appropriate services elsewhere, and recalls that, according to the European Court of Human Rights, the inadequate treatment of people who are mentally ill may constitute a breach of Article 3 ECHR and Article 2 ECHR (the right to life) in the case of prisoners who are suicidal;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reaffirms the importance of ensuring that children in prison are treated in a manner that takes into account their best interests, including being kept separate from adults and having the right to maintain contact with their families; recalls that Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children includes a preference for alternative measureStresses that the controlling of external and internal borders is imperative to prevent criminals entering nation states and is an effective means to prevent overcrowding of some Member States' prisons;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on Member States to combat the growing phenomenon of radicalisation of Muslims in prison;

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that consideration for and training of prison staff is essential in order to ensure good detention conditions in prison, and encourages Member States to share information and good practices; to this end, calls for a General Assembly of Prison Administrations to be convened;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission and the European Union Institutions to take the necessary measures in their fields of competence to ensure respect for and protection of the fundamental rights of prisoners, particularly vulnerable individuals, including the adoption of common minimum standards of detention in all Member States;deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Calls on Member States to adopt a European Prisons Charter, in accordance with Council of Europe Recommendation 1656/2004;~~deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/2062(INI)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Marine LE PEN, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Gilles LEBRETON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Calls on Member States to promote policies to reintegrate prisoners into civil life and to establish policies on monitoring and adjustment of penalties;~~deleted

2017/05/10
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The objective of Union policy in the field of external border management is to develop and implement European integrated border management at national and Union level, which is a necessary corollary to the free movement of persons within the Union and is a fundamental component of an area of freedom, security and justice. European integrated border management is ~~central~~intended to improv~~ing~~e migration management and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union. The only effective way to meet these objectives, however, is to re-establish national borders.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The objective of Union policy in the field of external border management is to develop and implement European integrated border management at national and Union level, which is a necessary corollary to the free movement of persons within the Union and is a fundamental component of an area of freedom, security and justice. ~~European integrated border management is central to improving migration management and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union.~~

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Having regard to the increasing migratory pressures at the external borders, ~~to the necessity of ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union and to safeguard the functioning of the Schengen area as well as the overarching principle of solidarity,~~ it is necessary to reinforce the management of the external borders by building on the work of Frontex and further develop it into an Agency with a shared responsibility for the management of the external borders.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency relies on the cooperation of Member States to be able to perform its tasks effectively. In this respect, it is important for the Agency and the Member States to act in good faith and to have a timely and accurate exchange of information. All the Agency's activities should be subject to close supervision by the Member States directly affected.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

A European Border and Coast Guard is hereby set up to ensure a European integrated border management at the external borders with a view to managing ~~migration~~the increasingly intense migratory pressures at the EU’s external borders effectively and ensuring a high level of internal security within the Union, while safeguarding the free movement of persons therein.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. The Executive Director shall appoint experts from the staff of the Agency to be deployed as liaison officers. The Executive Director shall, based on risk analysis and in consultation with the Management Board, determine the nature of the deployment, the Member State to which a liaison officer may be deployed and the duration of the deployment. The Executive Director shall notify the Member State concerned of the appointment and shall determine, together with the Member State, the location of deployment. Member States may, by means of a reasoned decision notified to the Agency, reject liaison officers deployed on their territory.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5

5. The Executive Director shall ~~adopt a decis~~, on the basis of the vulnerability assessment and taking into account the Agency’s risk analysis, adopt a recommendation setting out the necessary corrective measures to be taken by the Member State concerned, including by using resources under the Union financial instruments. The drecisommendation of the Executive Director shall ~~be binding on the Member State and shall~~ lay down the time-limit within which the measures are to be taken.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Marine LE PEN, Janice ATKINSON, Lorenzo FONTANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18

~~[...]~~deleted

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0281(COD)

Marine LE PEN, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Acts of terrorism constitute one of the most serious violations of security and of the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on which the European Union is founded. It also represents one of the most serious attacks on democracy and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States and on which the European Union is based.

2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE

2015/0281(COD)

Marine LE PEN, Gilles LEBRETON, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) The terrorist threat has grown and rapidly evolved in recent years. I~~ndividual~~slamists referred to as "foreign terrorist fighters" travel abroad for terrorism purposes. Returning foreign terrorist fighters pose a heightened security threat to all EU Member States. Foreign terrorist fighters have been linked to several recent attacks or plots, including the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015. In addition, the European Union and its Member States face increased threats from individuals inspired or instructed by terrorist groups abroad but who remain within Europe. The Schengen system, exemplified by the lack of checks at national borders, has also helped to exacerbate the terrorist threat.

2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE

2015/0281(COD)

Marine LE PEN, Gilles LEBRETON, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) Given that the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States unilaterally and can therefore, because of the need for European-wide harmonised rules, be better achieved at the level of the Union, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article 5, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.deleted

2016/04/08
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Auke ZIJLSTRA, Harald VILIMSKY, Janice ATKINSON, Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY

Proposal for a regulation
–

The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) Since the European Public Prosecutor's Office should be established from Eurojust, this Regulation includes the provisions necessary to regulate the relations between Eurojust and the European Public Prosecutor's Office.deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

~~(27) Eurojust should be able to exchange personal data with other Union bodies to the extent necessary for the accomplishment of its tasks.~~deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)16 should apply to Eurojust. _________________ 16deleted OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p.1.

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. Eurojust shall exercise its tasks at the request of the competent authorities of the Member States ~~or on its own initiative~~.

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

3. The European Public Prosecutor shall receive the agendas of all College meetings and shall be entitled to participate in such meetings, without the right to vote, whenever issues are discussed which he or she considers to be of relevance for the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7

7. The European Public Prosecutor shall receive the agendas of all Executive Board meetings and shall be free to participate in such meetings, without the right to vote, whenever issues are discussed which he or she considers to be of relevance for the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 8

~~8. The European Public Prosecutor may address written opinions to the Executive Board, to which the Executive Board shall respond in writing without undue delay.~~deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 7

~~7. The Case Management System and its temporary work files shall be made available for use by the European Public Prosecutor's Office.~~deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 8

8. The provisions on access to the Case Management System and the temporary work files shall apply mutatis mutandis to the European Public Prosecutor's Office. However, the information entered into the Case Management System, temporary work files and the index by the European Public Prosecutor's Office shall not be available for access at the national level.deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2

2. OLAF may contribute to Eurojust's coordination work regarding the protection of the financial interests of the Union, in accordance with its mandate under Regulation (EU, Euratom) of the European Parliament and of the Council No .../2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999.deleted

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE

2013/0256(COD)

Gilles LEBRETON, Nicolas BAY, Janice ATKINSON, Auke ZIJLSTRA, Lorenzo FONTANA, Harald VILIMSKY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3

3. For purposes of the receipt and transmission of information between Eurojust and OLAF, and without prejudice to Article 8, Member States shall ensure that the national members of Eurojust shall be regarded as competent authorities of the Member States solely for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/199919 . The exchange of information between OLAF and national members shall be without prejudice to the information which must be given to other competent authorities under those Regulations. _________________ 19deleted OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 8.

2017/09/05
Committee: LIBE