8 Amendments of Harald VILIMSKY related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that the United States is not the EU’s key strategicsole partner; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership; underlines that the TTIP will have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisiscontroversial EU-US project;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes the TTIP’sat a functioning free-trade agreement may be of strategic importance in strengthening and shaping global trade and economic governance based on the values shared by the EU and the US, particularly in an increasingly multipolar world; notes that its impact would go beyond the bilateral implications by facilitating the establishment of common regulations and rules that could later be adopted at global level;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs1; recalls that the consent of the European Parliament cannot give its consent to the final TTIP agreement could be endangered as longuntil such time as the blanket mass surveillance activities are nothave been completely abandoned and an adequate solution ishas been found for the data privacy rights of EU citizens, including administrative and judicial redress; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0230.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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3. Highlights that the conclusion of the TTIPa free- trade agreement creates the prospect of a broad economic space, which would include third countries with which the EU and the US have close trade and economic relations; stresses, however, that such a procedure must be initiated and concluded in a manner commensurate with EU Member States' high democratic standards; condemns the fact, in this connection, that the negotiations have been conducted to date in secret; points out that the planned agreement not only offers benefits, but also potentially involves huge dangers;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls that EU rules on the transfer of personal data may prohibit the processing of such data in third countries if they do not meet the EU adequacy standard; insists that any provisions in the agreement which touch upon the localisation of data processing equipment and establishments must not undermine these EU rules on data transfers; calls for effective penalties for breaches of these provisions, so that personal data can be protected in the long term;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
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7. RecallEmphasises the need for transparency in the negotiations throughout the entire process; reminds the Commission of its obligation to keep Parliament fully informed on an immediate basis at all stages of the negotiations; insists on access for the public to relevant negotiation documents from all parties, with the exception of those which are to be classified with clear justification on a case- by-case basis, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents2. __________________ 2 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.