19 Amendments of Javier NART related to 2015/2063(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon Member States to cooperate and consistently support each other’s efforts to counter violent extremism, which can be conducive to terrorism, including through capacity building, coordination of plans and efforts, and sharing lessons learned;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Expresses the need to accelerate the implementation of existing measures, including UN Security Council resolutions (especially, UNSCR 2178/2014), both those adopted by the Council (June 2013) and those adopted by the Group of 9 (July 2014);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
3c. Expresses the need to improve checks at the external borders of the Schengen area, under the existing legal framework, based on risk assessment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls for international contributions to the UNDP-endorsed funding mechanism to facilitate immediate stabilization of areas cleared of Da'esh;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that without such action and without combating the root causes of terrorism and radicalisation leading to violence the phenomenon of fighters from Europe travelling to different locations to join jihadist extremist groups, as well as the security risk they present when returning to the EU, are likely to worsen in the years ahead; calls for an immediate review of current programmes in this field and a comprehensive study on the efficiency and proportionality of national and European actions to prevent and combat terrorism;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
1a. Emphasizes that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the EU to engage more with third countries on security issues and counter-terrorism, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa and in the Sahel, but also in the Western Balkans, including through new capacity building projects (e.g. border controls) with partners and better targeted EU assistance, while promoting measures to dissuade and disrupt foreign fighters' travel as well as to manage their return;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Wishes that EU strengthens its political dialogue with the League of Arab States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, African Union and other relevant regional actors and coordination structures, such as the G5 Sahel;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Encourages the EU to conduct targeted and upgraded security and counter-terrorism dialogues with Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the Gulf Cooperation Council; Cooperation with Turkey should also be enhanced in line with the General Affairs Council conclusions of December 2014;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to keep the EU Syria and Iraq and Counter Terrorism/Foreign Fighters Strategy, adopted on 20 OctoberRegional Strategy for Syria and Iraq as well as the ISIL/Da'esh threat, adopted recently on 16 March 20145, under constant review, in the light of the developing security situation in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, alongside other initiatives such as the Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to keep the EU Syria and Iraq and Counter- Terrorism/Foreign Fighters Strategy, adopted on 20 October 2014, under constant review, in the light of the developing security situation in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, alongside other initiatives such as the Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network; calls on further obligations to be introduced for Member States, so that they mandatorily share information related to serious crimes and terrorism through a SIS reporting;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that in the context of the current revision of the ENP, the security dimension and the capacity of ENP tools to contribute to improving partners resilience and capabilities to provide for their own security with respect for the rule of law, must be strengthened;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the EU to launch further capacity-building projects and activities with interested MENA countries addressing law enforcement, criminal justice, security sector reform, including crisis infrastructure, crisis and emergency response, border control and aviation security, strategic communication, radicalisation, dealing with the foreign terrorist fighters threat, recruitment and financing of terrorism, paying due regard to international human rights standards, in close cooperation with Europol, Eurojust, Frontex and CEPOL;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports greater international cooperation and information sharing from national intelligence services, to identify EU citizens who are at risk of becoming radicalised and travelling to join jihadist extremist groups; further calls for enhanced cooperation between the EU, its Member States, and third countries to divert European citizens from this course of action and to intercept them at the point of exit;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5.a Calls on the European Commission to support Member States in addressing the underlying factors of radicalisation and extremism, designing prevention strategies which encompass the fields of education, social integration, fight against discrimination, intercultural and inter- religious dialogue;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Invites the HR/VP and the Commission to continue to ensure sufficient funds and coherent use of instruments to address the threats of terrorism and more effectively from early warning to early action;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the deployment of security/counter-terrorism experts in a number of key EU Delegations to strengthen their capacity to contribute to European counter-terrorism efforts and to liaise more effectively with relevant local authorities, while further building-up of counter-terrorism capacity within the EEAS;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls upon members states to intensify cooperation with key countries within the framework of EU agencies such as Frontex, Eurojust and Europol and develop frameworks for information exchange and ways for the EU agencies to engage more strategically with the countries in the region to strengthen law enforcement and judicial cooperation;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that some Member States are assessing the potential for recruiting former foreign fighters to assist in deradicalisation programmes; believes that deradicalisation programmes can be important tools to reduce recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations; calls on Member States to proceed cautiously when introducing such programmes, especially where cooperation is linked to immunity from prosecution;