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Activities of Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN related to 2014/2228(INI)

Plenary speeches (2)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2228(INI)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2228(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2014/2228(INI)
Documents: PDF(122 KB) DOC(189 KB)

Amendments (46)

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the European Union is bound by Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, inter alia, to the values of democracy and the rule of law;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas both Article 1 and Article 10 (3) of the Treaty on European Union stipulate that "decisions shall be taken as openly and as closely as possible to the citizen";

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the European Ombudsman has opened, on 29 July 2014, an own- initiative inquiry concerning the European Commission's dealing with requests for information and access to documents in relation to the TTIP negotiations1 c ; whereas the case was closed on 6 January 2015; __________________ 1c Case OI/10/2014/RA

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Sabine LÖSING, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)

Aa. asks the Commission to oppose to TTIP and all other neoliberal free trade agreements, as they have, among other reasons, harmful economic , social and environmental consequences on developing countries;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas Members of the European Parliament depend on leaked documents when scrutinizing the negotiations for TTIP;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. having regard to the outcome of the public consultation launched by the European Commission about the protection on investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas there is no evidence that encryption standards cause a more compelling interoperability problem than exists in relation to other ICT-standards, while their regulation makes both businesses and citizens more vulnerable to online attacks and surveillance.

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. having regard to the letter sent by the European Union’s chief negotiator, Ignacio García-Bercero, to his American counterpart, Daniel Mullany, in which, on 5th June 2014, he stated that ‘all documents related to the negotiations will remain closed to the public for up to 30 years’.

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas the Union is bound by Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter to the principles of equality before the law and freedom from discrimination;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)

Ag. whereas regulatory cooperation could prejudice legislative prerogatives of the European Parliament as well as of national parliaments and therefore have a chilling effect on the application of the values of the Union as laid out in Article 2 TEU;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the objective of the TTIP is to ~~increase trade and investment between the European Union and the United States;~~ promote the activities of large multinational corporations in the European Union and the United States, weakening the capacity of the European Union and its Member States to pass legislation which would limit the power these multinational corporations have in a deregulated free market;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Sabine LÖSING, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)

Ab. Asks the Commission to comply with the approved commitments in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations commitments on trade issues, especially regarding human rights, women's rights, labour rights, indigenous rights, and the protection of our environment to take priority over corporate and private interests;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Sabine LÖSING

Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)

Ac. Stresses the importance of universal access to quality public services, social protection, public and universal health coverage, higher labour and environmental standards;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas the negotiations have attracted unprecedented ~~public interest~~social rejection and public concern, given the potential negative economic, social and political impact of the TTIP;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Sabine LÖSING, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)

Ba. Calls on the Commission to conduct independent impact studies;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the Committee on Petitions has received ~~a number of petitions raising concerns about~~many petitions, most of them expressing their concerns and rejection of the EU-US trade agreement (TTIP); whereas the petitioners’ main ~~concerns~~areas of concern and rejection are related to risks regarding the quality of food imports, information allegedly collected by the US regarding natural and legal persons (the right of EU citizens to ‘digital self- determination’), transparency, negative economic impact, ~~and protection of investors via~~consequences on employment, public services, social and workers’ rights, animal welfare and the loss of democratic sovereignty due to the Investor- State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS);

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Sabine LÖSING, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph B b (new)

Bb. Urges the Commission to increase transparency and democratic accountability on TTIP´s negotiation process and on all trade policies by conducting formal consultations with civil society organisations;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Sabine LÖSING

Draft opinion
Paragraph C

C. ~~Is of the opinion that~~Asks the Commission to consider that, if approved, the effect of the TTIP on developing countries will vary depending on their economic structure and current trade relations~~; sees, however,~~ and that risk increasing international trade asymmetric relations and take measures to minimize the potential serious risk of diminished market access and resulting trade diversion for some countries; and asks to recognise the common but differentiated responsibilities for developing countries;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas 97% of the citizens who participated in the public consultation launched by the European Commission about investment protection rejected the inclusion in the TTIP of the ISDS instrument to settle disputes between investors,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Asks the Commission to oppose TTIP and all other neoliberal free trade agreements, as they have, among other reasons, harmful economic and social consequences which will affect negatively the citizens' rights and civil liberties, as well as the democratic standards of the European Union.

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas, in the context of these negotiations, more than 90% of the meetings the European Commission has had with social and economic actors have been with the representatives of large corporations and less than 10% of them have been with representatives of unions, NGOs, or social organisations,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to propose that the human rights clause should include: – Confirmation of states obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments including, but not limited to, the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; – Assurance that state parties will interpret the provisions in the agreement in accordance with international human rights law; – Assurance that none of the obligations arising from the agreement will have the effect of modifying the obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil fundamental rights in the EU; – An exception permitting parties to suspend their obligations arising from the agreement if there are grounds to believe that it will result in a breach of fundamental rights; – A mechanism putting forward periodic human rights impact assessments to be conducted jointly by a designated committee of the US Congress and the European Parliament; – A mechanism to bring complaints in front of national courts in order to initiate an investigation by the designated authority into human rights disputes arising under the agreement; – Procedures to ensure that citizens have equality before the law; – Assurance that the Parties to the agreement will not in any way whatsoever relatively privilege their own citizens, or otherwise discriminate against non- citizens, merely according to their citizenship status in any matter affected by this agreement, concerning public order, national security, crime or grounds of important public interest; such as internationally recognised labour standards, environment, public health or food safety standards; – An accessible mechanism to impose sanctions when fundamental rights and standards are abused and dialogue or mediation have been exhausted;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas, after research, the European Ombudsman expressed her concerns about the lack of transparency and public participation in the negotiations of the TTIP,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas more than one and a half million European citizens, supported by more than 320 civil society organisations, have supported a European Citizens’ Initiative opposing TTIP and CETA.

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas not all MEPs have the right to access the reading rooms where some of the documents included in the negotiation can be read; and the conditions imposed on those who can access them make a meaningful consultation practically impossible,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to take immediate measures to ensure that in particular the recommendation for the development on a European strategy for IT independence and an EU cyber strategy, as included in the European Parliament 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 Affairs, are implemented;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Recital D f (new)

Df. whereas the defence of the interests of European citizens in the negotiations may have been badly affected by the mass surveillance of millions of European citizens, as well as their political representatives, carried out by the United States’ National Security Agency.

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Sabine LÖSING, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph D

D. Stresses that the majority of developing countries benefit from some degree of tariff preferences from the EU and the USA, with margins likely to be significantly affected by the TTIP; underlines that adaptation to new sets of norms and standards ~~is not necessarily negative, but that it is~~which are essential to alleviate the cost of compliance (especially for SMEs) and must be aligned with developing countries sovereign policy strategies;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines th~~e importance of~~at developing the trade relationship and bilateral investment between the European Union and the United States of America in order to help ~~growth and~~a sustainable growth and the creation of quality employment and generate new economic opportunities; cannot lead to damaging our public services in any way, reducing labour rights, deregulating our legislation in the areas of environmental, food protection and animals welfare, or threaten basic democratic rights such as public participation in decision-making, transparency, or the sovereignty of states to regulate their own economy,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Ignazio CORRAO, Sabine LÖSING, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)

Da. Asks the Commission to respect developing countries governments and parliaments right to regulate investment and to ensure obligations and duties on all investors, including foreign, so that labour, environmental, human rights and other standards are respected;

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Asks the European Commission to terminate the negotiations on TTIP immediately because of the lack of democratic safeguards, transparency, and public participation they entail,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. W~~elcomes~~arns that with the objective of reducing unnecessary regulatory incompatibilities between the EU and the USA in relation to goods and services, ~~such as duplication of procedures, inconsistent~~the basic guarantees established by European legislation in food safety and pharmaceutical products requirements a~~nd double testing;~~re being put at risk,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls the European Commission to oppose TTIP because of the pernicious political, economic, social and environmental consequences we have been warned about in many petitions,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls the European Commission to oppose the inclusion of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the TTIP if the negotiations were to continue,

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that regulatory compatibility is to be without prejudice tof public services or the right to regulate in accordance with the level of health, ~~safety, consumer, labour and~~access to medicines, data protection, labour rights, consumers rights, environmental protection, animal welfare and cultural diversity that each side considers appropriate;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of the mobility package, considering the visa facilitation for European service and goods providers to be one of the key elements in taking full advantage of the TTIP agreement, and requests that it is extended to citizens of third countries residing in the European Union or the United States, while protecting labour rights and securing quality employment throughout the territory;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Sabine LÖSING

Draft opinion
Paragraph F

~~F. Sees, however, the potential of the TTIP to promote the highest global standards of this century on decent work, environmental protection, and food and product safety.~~deleted

2015/02/02
Committee: DEVE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has made real efforts to make the TTIP negotiating process more transparent, especially in the light of the publication of the European directives for the negotiation on the TTIP (1103/13 CL 1);deleted

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to respect the responses to the public consultation carried out by the Commission itself, indicating an overwhelming opposition to ISDS; points to the extraordinary success of the European Citizens' Initiative "Stop TTIP" that gathered 2 million signatures, notwithstanding the rejection by the Commission of this ECI.

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Condemns the lack of transparency and public participation, and the obscurantism that surrounds the negotiations of the TTIP; supports the request of the European Ombudsman that the documents agreed on in the negotiations are published as soon as they are written; and calls the European Commission to reconsider its decision of blocking and rejecting the European Citizens’ Initiative about the TTIP.

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Suggests that a more proactive approach to transparency on the part of the Commission could make the negotiating process more legitimate in the eyes of citize~~Calls the Commission to publish all documents agreed on in the negotiations, and ~~encourages the Commission to publish documents and make meeting~~publish all information available on the TTIP;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Cornelia ERNST, Barbara SPINELLI, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Expects the Commission to take immediate measures to implement all recommendations made by the European Ombudsman in case OI/10/2014/RA;

2015/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Asks the Commission to ensure that the list of TTIP documents available on its dedicated trade policy website is comprehensive and to facilitate the access to this information by holding regular meetings with unions, NGOs, and civil society organisations;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the sensitivity of certain areas of negotiation, such as the agricultural sector, where perceptions of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ~~cloning and consumer health~~labelling information requirements, cloning, environmental requirements and all other consumer and animal health standards are divergent between the European Union and the United States;

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises that consumer protection and compliance with higher European quality standards for foods and products ~~should be at the c~~respond to specific demands and requirementres of ~~the negotiations on the TTIP~~European citizens.

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI

Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Anja HAZEKAMP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Emphasises that respect to each state’s sovereignty and the sovereignty of the European Union itself to pass legislation and regulate the economy must be the core of TTIP negotiations.

2015/03/25
Committee: PETI