Activities of Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Underlines the key role cohesion policy plays in delivering on EU policy priorities and boosting the EU economy by contributing to fair and sustainable growth and development, promoting economic and social convergence between countries and regions, supporting the green and digital transitions, and fostering innovation and employment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to accelerate implementation of cohesion policy to ensure its timely absorption, especially in light of the additional implementation pressure posed by Next Generation EU; notes that the Union might be required to mobilise the money already available under the cohesion policy but not used to face critical shortages and dependencies in other programmes;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses the importance of adequate funding for programmes under Heading 2a in order to ensure that regional policy, as the EU’s main investment policy, delivers on its objectives; notes, however, the low absorption rate of the available funds for the regional policy in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020; expects the absorption rate for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 to be even lower due to the additional pressure created by funds available under Next Generation EU; underlines that local and regional authorities are key to ensuring effective implementation of EU programmes and calls for the local and regional level, on the one hand, and the EU level, on the other, to be strengthened, including through adequate financing for relevant actions and institutions;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Accepts the Council position with respect to Heading 2a; nevertheless acknowledges that cuts of commitment appropriations might not be avoidable in future annual budgets due to low absorption capacities; therefore notes that future redeployments benefitting other headings with little to no flexibility promise to create a more honest, responsible and effective use of Union funds;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Points, in this regard, to the flagship Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programmes, which play a vital role in supporting learning mobility opportunities, improving people’s skills and employability and promoting social inclusion; emphasises that both programmes aim to boost participation rates among people with fewer opportunities - an objective that is challenged by soaring inflation and the increased cost of living; calls also on Member States to reassess scholarship amounts in the light of the high inflation; is committed to ensuring that Erasmus+ does not become a de facto selective programme open only to those who can afford to participate and recalls that the Commission is required to put in place financial support measures for people with fewer opportunities; proposes, therefore, an increase of EUR 100 million for Erasmus+ and EUR 2 million for the ESC above DB specifically to ensure the programmes are accessible for all;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines the importance of a stronger Health Union and enhanced preparedness in post-pandemic Europe, as well as the need to better understand and treat long COVID; highlights the vital role that the EU4Health programme plays in this respect, as well as in supporting actions to achieve universal health coverage across the Union, encompassing quality access to sexual and reproductive health services; proposes, therefore, to increase the programme’s appropriations by EUR 20 million above DB, including to help offset redeployments towards the European Health Emergency and Response Authority;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Is alarmed by the growing impact of natural disasters in Europe and its neighbourhood ~~and concerned about the EU’s ability to respond effectively~~; underlines that these disasters are often linked to climate change and are therefore likely to occur with greater frequency and intensity in the future; is concerned about the EU’s ability to respond effectively; increases, therefore, appropriations for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism by EUR 20 million above DB in order to ensure an effective response and protect human lives, to enhance the Union’s response capacity and better protect its citizens, including capacities for the mobilisation of medical units in emergencies, and underlines the need to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation for particularly vulnerable regions; ;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Underscores that soaring energy prices and inflation, following on from the COVID-19 pandemic, have had a significant impact on the cultural and creative sectors, which are often made up of small organisations and individual artists; emphasises the key role that Creative Europe plays in supporting European creations and Union values as well as the recovery of the cultural and creative sectors, fostering media literacy and combatting disinformation; recalls that free press and media pluralism have been under attack in the European Union and that the digital shift creates additional hurdles for a diverse field of media to flourish, which leads the Union to significantly strengthen its support for pluralistic media as the essential basis for a functioning democracy; proposes, therefore, to increase financing for the Creative Europe programme by EUR 25 million above DB, with EUR 15 million for the Culture strand and EUR 10 million for the Cross-Sectoral strand, which plays a vital role in tackling disinformation and promoting media literacy;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Recalls the ~~important~~essential role played by the decentralised agencies under Heading 2b; increases funding and staffing levels for the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Labour Authority and the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation in line with the agencies’ identified needs; ~~proposes, furthermore, to reinforce the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in terms of financing and staff to allow the body to fulfil its duties and~~Underlines the importance of protecting the Union budget against fraud, corruption and other prohibited conduct, which adversely affect the Union and national budgets; stresses, in this regard, the central role that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) plays in protecting the Union’s financial interests, including with respect to the use of NextGenerationEU funds, and ensuring compliance with the rule of law; decides, therefore, to apply targeted reinforcements to the EPPO and increase its staffing levels to allow the body to fulfil its mandate, thereby reinforcing efforts against fraud, corruption, money laundering and organised crime; calls on all the Member States to join the EPPO and ensure a better protection of the Union’s financial interests; recalls the importance of compliance with the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Stresses that the war has vastly increased pressure on asylum systems in the Member States and that the Union must provide longer-term support to the host Member States to address the ever increasing pressure on national asylum and migration systems, including at the external borders, due to a rise of applications for international protection in the Member States and the exceptional support of the EU to host refugees from Ukraine; stresses moreover that a strong budget is necessary for the reception of asylum seekers and the integration of refugees in their host societies, as well as for strengthening the effective returns of migrants with no right to stay in the EU, and other actions that need a coordinated response, such as resettlement or legal pathways; further stresses that a stronger AMIF budget is a key determinant for the successful implementation of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum the adoption of which is expected before the end of this mandate; reiterates the need to facilitate the reception and integration of refugees from Ukraine, and to help face the recent migration trends via the Mediterranean route and anticipate the financial implications of a timely agreement on the Pact on Asylum and Migration (AMIF); decides, therefore, to reinforce the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund by EUR 110 million above DB in 2024 given AMIF’s positive contribution in providing immediate support to refugees;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Reiterates its commitment to the international dimension of Erasmus+, ~~which~~in line with the need identified by the Commission to provide support to Ukrainian students and teaching staff, as well as to all students to cope with high inflation; recalls that Erasmus + enables learning mobility exchanges with partner countries around the world; increases, therefore, appropriations for the international dimension of Erasmus+ by EUR 10 million above DB, split evenly between the NDICI and IPA III; underlines that these appropriations will also help to flatten the heavily back loaded financial profile of Erasmus+, providing more consistent annual financing for a programme with stable year-on-year demand; calls also on Member States to reassess scholarship amounts in the light of the high inflation;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 – point c

(c) increase the establishment plans above the DB with the corresponding appropriations in line with the institutions’ requests for the European Data Protection Supervisor and European Data Protection Board to enable them to face new responsibilities and partially in line with the institutions’ requests for the European Committee of the Regions to enhance cybersecurity capabilities and the European External Action Service to enhance primarily cybersecurity and the fight against disinformation, and also to implement the Strategic Compass, and strengthen the crisis response centre~~r and enhance cybersecurity and the fight against disinformation~~.

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0201(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Recalls its position that pre-allocated national envelopes should not be adjusted in the MFF revision; welcomes, therefore, the decision to leave pre-allocated national envelopes untouched and not to take them into account in the mechanism for covering the NGEU borrowing costs shortfall; deplores, howeverDraws attention to the difficulties Member States face in absorbing all EU funding in due time, especially under cohesion policy; welcomes, therefore, the cuts to direct management actions under cohesion policy (-EUR 0.4 billion) and the Common Agricultural Policy (-EUR 0.7 billion)~~, thus reducing the full potential and impact of those ac~~ as a pragmatic decision to decrease the burden of taxpayers in times of high inflations;

2024/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Valérie HAYER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Moritz KÖRNER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Union, its Member States and European financial institutions have mobilised unprecedented support to Ukraine’s economic, social and financial resilience, combining support from the Union budget, including the exceptional macro-financial assistance and support from the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, fully or partially guaranteed by the Union budget, as well as further financial support by Member States. In addition to this comes the continuous support provided by the authorities, communities and volunteers’ groups within the Member States in relation to Ukrainian war refugees.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) Given that as long as the Russian war in Ukraine lasts, tax revenues collected by the Ukrainian government will continue to be largely allocated to the war effort, and that a residual gap remains in Ukraine’s financing needs for at least until 2027, significant and flexible support to the Ukrainian government to maintain its functions as well as to support the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the country has to be mobilised quickly.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) Given that a residual gap remains in Ukraine’s financing needs for at least until 2027, flexible support to the Ukrainian government to maintain its functions and guarantee basic public services, as well as to support the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the country has to be mobilised.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Valérie HAYER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Moritz KÖRNER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Given the damage from Russia’s war of aggression to the Ukrainian economy, society and infrastructure, the support to the country to maintain its functions, as well as short relief, fast recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine will require comprehensive support to rebuild the economy, to create the foundations of a free and prosperous country with a strong market economy, anchored in European values, well integrated into the European and global economy, and progressing well on its path of accession to the European Union.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Given the damage from Russia’s war of aggression to the Ukrainian economy, society and infrastructure, the support to the country to maintain its functions, as well as short relief, fast recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine will require comprehensive support to rebuild the economy, to create the foundations of a free and prosperous country, anchored in European values, well integrated into the European and global economy, and progressing wactivelly on its path of accession to the European Union.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Valérie HAYER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Moritz KÖRNER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) The Ukraine Facility should be underpinned by a coherent and prioritised plan for reconstruction (the ‘Ukraine Plan’), prepared by the Government of Ukraine, with the consultation of Verkhovna Rada and representatives of civil society organisations, providing a structured and predictable framework for the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine, clearly articulated with Union accession requirements.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) The Facility should tie the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation closely to the Union perspective, by linking financial support to the fulfilment of reforms and investments in view of accession without unduly restricting access to essential financial aid in times of war.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0200(COD)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicola BEER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) The medium-term perspective provided by the Ukraine Plan through a single instrument should also encourage Ukraine to channel investments and reforms toward the transition to a green, digital and inclusive economy, and help mobilise like-minded donors for multiannual contributions to support Ukraine, as well as to mobilise private investments.

2023/09/07
Committee: AFET BUDG

1. To strengthen European sovereignty and security, reduce its strategic dependencies, accelerate the Union’s green and digital transitions and enhance its competitiveness, ~~reduce its strategic dependencies,~~ favour a level playing field in the Single Market for investments throughout the Union, and promote inclusive access to attractive, quality jobs, the Platform shall pursue the following objectives:

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2021/1056
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – sixth subparagraph

~~By way of derogation from Article 112 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the maximum co-financing rates for dedicated priorities established to support the STEP objectives shall be increased to 100 %.~~deleted

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0199(COD)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicola BEER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Regulation (EU) 2021/1057
Article 12 a

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14

Regulation (EU) 1303/2013
Articles 135 and 138

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 135, the following paragraph 6 is added: ‘6. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the deadline for the submission of the final application for an interim payment for the final accounting year shall be 31 July 2025. The last application for interim payment submitted by 31 July 2025 shall be deemed to be the final application for an interim payment for the final accounting year. Amounts from resources other than REACT-EU reimbursed by the Commission as interim payments in 2025 shall not exceed 1 % of the total financial appropriations to the programme concerned by Fund, REACT-EU resources excluded. Amounts that would be due to be paid by the Commission in 2025 exceeding this percentage shall not be paid and shall be used exclusively for the clearing of pre-financing at closure. ‘By way of derogation from the deadline set out in the first subparagraph, Member States may submit the documents referred to under points (a), (b) and (c) for the final accounting year by 15 February 2026.Article 14 deleted Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 [CPR]

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)

Article 14a Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 2018/1046 Regulation (EU) No 2018/1046 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 15, the following paragraph 2c is added: ‘(c). the final decommitments under Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 223/2014, as referred to in Article 136 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 59 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014. ‘

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 b (new)

Article 14b Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 [CPR] Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 136, the following paragraph 3 is added: ‘3. The final decommitments referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 should be made available again as appropriations to finance the additional funding for the financial support of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) as set out in Article 3 of the Regulation .../... [STEP Regulation], in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1046 and the annual ceilings for commitments and payments as per Annex I to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093.‘

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15

Regulation (EU) No 223/2014
Articles 13, 22, 45, 48

Amendment to Regulation (EU) No Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 13, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘5. The Member State shall submit a final report on implementation of the operational programme together with the closure documents as set out in Article 52, by 15 February 2026 at the latest. ‘2a. In the case of costs reimbursed pursuant to points (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Article 26(2), the corresponding actions being reimbursed shall be carried out by the submission of the final application for an interim payment for the final accounting year in accordance with Article 45(6). ‘6. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the deadline for the submission of the final application for an interim payment for the final accounting year shall be 31 July 2025. The last application for interim payment submitted by 31 July 2025 shall be deemed to be the final application for an interim payment for the final accounting year. Amounts reimbursed by the Commission as interim payments in 2025 shall not exceed 1 % of the total financial appropriations to the programme concerned. Amounts that would be due to be paid by the Commission in 2025 exceeding this percentage shall not be paid and shall be used exclusively for the clearing of pre-financing at closure. ‘By way of derogation from the deadline set out in the first subparagraph, Member States may submit the documents referred to under points (a), (b) and (c) for the final accounting year by 15 February 2026.rticle 15 deleted 223/2014 [FEAD]

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0199(COD)

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Jana TOOM, Fabienne KELLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)

Article 15a Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 [FEAD] Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 59, the following paragraph 3 is added: ‘3. The final decommitments referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 should be made available again as appropriations to finance the additional funding for the financial support of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) as set out in Article 3 of the Regulation .../... [STEP Regulation], in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1046 and the annual ceilings for commitments and payments as per Annex I to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093.‘

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2022/2898(RSP)

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for a more systematic presentation of the contributions made by civil society, in particular those made by groups of qualitative value such as associations of judges, lawyers and prosecutors, in order to supplement the information provided by the governments of the Member States;

2023/01/05
Committee: LIBE

2022/2898(RSP)

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Jana TOOM, Fabienne KELLER

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Welcomes the step taken by the Commission in including in its report the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions by Member States as an indicator of quality and respect for the rule of law; calls on the Commission to extend this analysis to the implementation of national court rulings;

2023/01/05
Committee: LIBE

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Notes the steady increase of interest rates for EU-issued debt; regrets the much faster pace in which interest rates of EU-issued debt have increased in comparison to the Member States’; warns that more EU-issued debt would thus be economically dangerous while also requiring Treaty changes; therefore dismisses ongoing discussions about the consideration of new EU-issued debt, especially when the repayment of the principal and the interest of the funds borrowed under NGEU is far from being finalised;

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~EU ‘fair border tax’~~deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Deplores the fact that the production chains for certain products and items entering the EU single market involve workers from third countries who do not receive a decent wage and, in some cases, live in extreme poverty; points out that importing such commodities into the EU leads to unfair competition (‘social dumping’) with goods produced in the EU where strict regulations and high standards apply; is very concerned by the inhumane living conditions of the poorest people worldwide; calls, in this regard, for the EU to live up to its promises in terms of sustainable standards and human development;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls, therefore, for the establishment of a ‘fair border tax’ requiring companies importing goods into the EU to pay a levy for any workers in their global supply chain who are paid a daily wage that is insufficient to allow them to escape absolute poverty, as characterised by international organisations; underlines that any company importing into the EU single market products made by workers paid less than a fixed poverty threshold would have to pay a duty amounting to the difference between this threshold and the salary their workers receive;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers that the EU ‘fair border tax’ would incentivise companies operating in the EU to raise salaries in their global supply chains and thus improve living conditions for workers in third countries and drive reform in countries with poor labour standards and regulations, while ensuring that European consumers do not contribute to extreme exploitation; notes that the competitiveness of companies producing in the EU could improve under this mechanism; points out that this mechanism should comply with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, in particular Article XX(b) for the protection of human life or health;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Suggests the introduction of a European tax on crypto-assets, whose revenues would flow into the European budget as a new own resource; points out that the global market in crypto-assets has been growing rapidly (albeit unstably) since the 2008 crisis, with capitalisation reaching up to EUR 2 trillion in May 2021; notes that crypto-assets are progressively considered as a genuine means of payment and part of investment strategies; underlines that regulating and taxing crypto-assets at EU level is more efficient than at national level given their high mobility and cross-border dimension; stresses, in this regard, that a European tax on crypto-assets would foster the emergence of a harmonised tax framework for crypto-assets, be more consistent with the cross-border nature of the crypto-assets market, and encourage the adoption of tax standards at the global level;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls, specifically, for the establishment of a gender pay gap-based own resource; underlines that, under this mechanism, a share of contributions based on gross national income (GNI) would be replaced by a new distribution key requiring Member States with a higher gender pay gap to contribute more than Member States with smaller gender pay gap, in a proportionate way;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the establishment of a biowaste-based own resource; underlines that, under this mechanism, a share of GNI-based contributions would be replaced by a new distribution key requiring Member States recycling less biowaste to contribute more than Member States that recycle more biowaste, in a proportionate way; considers that this own resource would incentivise Member States to resort less to landfills;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the combined effect of multiple crises ~~and~~, low MFF ceilings and cumbersome rules applying to any MFF review or revision has given rise to a ‘galaxy’ of ad hoc instruments beyond the EU budget, as well as greater use of external assigned revenue not subject to the budgetary procedure, most notably in the case of NextGenerationEU; whereas, as one arm of the budgetary authority, Parliament should play a full role in this new budgetary environment in order to ensure democratic accountability and transparency;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the central role that the EU budget must plays in delivering on the Union’s political priorities, including making a success of the green and digital transitions, fostering an inclusive and social recovery, promoting growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing support for small and medium-sized enterprises, fostering sustainable development that leaves no one behind and ensures cohesion and upward convergence, ensuring a more robust European Health Union in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting the rule of law, EU values and fundamental rights, contributing to greater opportunities for all, and ensuring a stronger Union for its people and in the world;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the decision to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate country status and a membership perspective to Georgia; emphasises that this decision entails a long-term financial and budgetary commitment to supporting the necessary reforms specific to each country, as has been the case with other candidate countries~~, as well as to reconstruction and recovery~~;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Considers that the EU budget should play a role in the reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine once the war is over, along with contributions by Member States and other international partners and Russian war reparations;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Points to the extensive use made of the special instruments in the first two years of the MFF; notes that the Flexibility Instrument was mobilised for Heading 6 spending in 2022 and points to the ~~proposal that it be~~Commission’s proposal in the Amending Letter 1/2023 that it will be significantly mobilised for spending under ~~both~~ Headings 62b, 5 and 76 in 2023; points out that, under the defence proposal of July 202218 , further appropriations are to be mobilised via special instruments ~~in 2023 and~~also in 2024; _________________ 18 Proposal of 19 July 2022 for a regulation on establishing the European defence industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (COM(2022)0349).

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Highlights that the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) was almost exhausted in 2021 and is projected to be fully ~~exha~~usted in 2022 after having provided a combination of humanitarian aid and support to Member States for tackling natural and man-made disasters; points out that the extension of the scope of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to include public health emergencies, coupled with the increased scale and frequency of natural disasters, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the resulting arrival of large numbers of refugees in the EU, has placed the SEAR under extreme strain; expects, further, that the dramatic consequences of the unprecedented wildfires in the summer of 2022 will require significant financial support, including from the SEAR;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that the MFF is increased annually on the basis of a 2 % deflator applied to 2018 prices; underlines that spiralling energy prices and extreme energy market volatility caused mainly by Russia’s decision to cut gas supply have been feeding soaring inflation, with severe impacts on citizens, businesses and consumers; is deeply concerned that such unexpectedly high levels of inflation are placing the MFF under severe strain and reducing its purchasing power further, in a context where its overall level is already lower than previous MFFs in terms of share of the EU GDP; stresses that, in practice, this means that fewer Union projects and actions can be funded, thereby negatively impacting beneficiaries;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls, further, that, despite Parliament’s demands that the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI) be placed over and above the ceilings, the refinancing costs are repaid from within the MFF ceilings, exerting further pressure on the MFF~~, especially~~ and requiring the use of special instruments in 2023, in a context of rising interest rates and increasing NGEU borrowing costs;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Observes the continuing demand for the EU budget to serve as a guarantee for additional necessary macro-financial assistance (MFA), especially for Ukraine; welcomes the EU support in this regard; notes, however, that the higher risks of default and the large amount at stake entail significant contingent liabilities;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Concludes that, in this context, the need for an urgent review and revision of the MFF is beyond any doubt and that a ‘business as usual’ approach will not remotely suffice to tackle the array of challenges posed and could thereby undermine confidence in the Union in the short, medium and long term;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines that the unanimity requirement for adoption of the MFF Regulation impedes the necessary decisions in the revision process; calls, in that regard, on the European Council to activate the passerelle clause set out in Article 312(2) TFEU to allow for adoption of the MFF Regulation by qualified majority; recalls its proposals that the ordinary legislative procedure be applied for the adoption of the MFF Regulation;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Strongly supports the use of the Regulation on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the EU budget (the Conditionality Regulation); believes that its entry into force had a general deterrent effect on nationals authorities planning to breach the rule of law with EU funds; regrets its long- overdue application by the Commission in case of Hungary; commits to do whatever it can to ensure the respect of the provisions of the Regulation and their effective implementation; emphasises the clear link between respect for the rule of law and the efficient implementation of the EU budget; notes that any upscaling of the 2021-2027 MFF should aim to reinforce the protection of the rule of law and EU’s financial interests; underlines that the Conditionality Regulation aims first and foremost at protecting the EU budget rather than the rule of law; asks the Commission to assess how the Regulation could be improved to allow the EU to suspend EU funds whenever there are breaches of the rule of law in Member States in order to ensure the full respect of Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Highlights that the necessary spending to enhance defence cooperation and investment cannot solely be covered within the ceiling of Heading 5; ~~calls for the ceiling to be increased in line with needs~~welcomes the Commission’s upcoming proposal for a European defence investment programme (EDIP) in view of introducing joint procurement and life cycle management of military capabilities; calls for the ceiling to be increased in line with needs; considers, in this regard, that savings could be made thanks to a mutualisation of defence spending between the Member States at the EU level;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that the MFF revision must not lead to any downwards revision of the pre-allocated national envelopes; emphasises the fact that the late agreement on the MFF for 2021-2027 and on the cohesion policy package, coupled with the COVID-19 crisis, led to a slow start to the programming process, but not because of the policy itself even though more administrative simplification is strongly needed; underlines that the delayed start does not in any way call into question the pivotal role and added value of cohesion policy as the essential Union investment policy and convergence instrument;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Stresses, in this context, that the trend towards increased use of external assigned revenue is not a satisfactory solution as it weakens the role of the budgetary authority (Parliament and the Council), thereby negatively impacting democratic scrutiny and reducing the transparency of the EU’s finances; demands legally sound solutions that allow for targeted, one-off or needs-based top- ups that display the same advantages as e~~armark~~xternal assigned revenue (i.e. not counted against the ceilings), but that are at the same time subject to full control of the budgetary authority; reminds its strong commitment to the universality principle;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Charles GOERENS, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to begin a longer-term reflection on the EU budget post-2027 in the light of evolving spending needs and building on the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe with respect to own resources and the budget; insists that the successor to the current MFF be equipped to deal fully and flexibly with a range of policy priorities and spending needs and to ensure resilience in the event of crises; asks the Commission to review the whole architecture of the MFF, including through an assessment of the suitability of a long-term programming framework for all EU programmes and of the duration of programming periods of seven years;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the European Data Protection Supervisor’s Opinion 8/2022 on the Recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a cooperation agreement between the EU and Interpol,

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

— having regard to INTERPOL’s Rules on the Processing of Data,

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

— having regard to Resolutions 2161/2017 and 2315/2019 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the new agreement should establish a modern and coherent framework for the EU’s agencies’ cooperation with Interpol, taking into account the latest developments in combating terrorism and cross-border, transnational, serious and organised crime; whereas the agreement should respond to current operational needs, ~~as well as to the EU’s latest data protection regime and~~ provide the legal basis for the exchange of operational information and access to relevant Interpol databases, while fully respecting the EU’s data protection regime, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (EUDPR), and Directive (EU) 2016/680 (LED);

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas ~~internation~~governmental, international, and non-governmental organisations continue to report abuses by some states of Interpol’s notice system in order to persecute national human rights defenders, civil society activists and journalists in violation of international standards on human rights; whereas according to reports by international actors, Interpol has significantly reformed and strengthened its red notices review processes, as well as its support systems for national central bureaus in member countries, reformed the setup and functioning of the Commission for the Control of Files, enforcing its complaints mechanism, appointed a data protection officer and implemented a learning and knowledge-sharing programme; whereas despite those reforms, serious concerns remain related to possible abuses of the Interpol system impacting on fundamental rights as recent reports also still emphasise the need for more legal safeguards, more transparency, and better implementation of reforms;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

K a. whereas Article 3 of the Interpol constitution prohibits any intervention or activity of apolitical, military, religious or racist character; whereas abuses in high profile cases by multiple member countries of Interpol have still been observed in recent years; whereas politically motivated extraditions especially are often triggered by the abusive issuing of a ‘Red Notice’ or “wanted person diffusion” through Interpol; whereas scarce information is made available by Interpol on the manner in which it reviews Red Notices, its administrative ability to do so, and the outcomes of these reviews, leading to a lack of transparency as regards how Interpol works towards effectively countering politically motivated red notices;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas ~~Russia~~numerous undemocratic countries still remain~~s a~~ member countries of Interpol and whereas cooperation with the European Union and Interpol members is based on trust; whereas trust between parties relies on the swift tackling of misuse of Interpol notices by countries seeking to use Interpol systems for political ends; whereas, in this context, Interpol’s systems must respect human rights and the rule of law, and uphold its commitments on political, religious or military abuse;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

L a. whereas Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a direct threat to international law enforcement cooperation and its continued access to Interpol’s databases a threat to the integrity of the EU’s cooperation with Interpol; whereas Russia is responsible for more than a third of the amount of Red Notices worldwide;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that European values and fundamental rights must be the basis of European security policies, ensuring respect for the principles of necessity, proportionality and legality and safeguarding accountability and judicial redress, while enabling effective protection of individuals, particularly the most vulnerable; recalls, further, that these principles should be at the core of the development of digitalisation in the area of justice and security and the development of the interoperability framework for the many systems in justice and security, including borders; stresses that these principles should be at the core of the negotiations between the EU and Interpol on a cooperation agreement;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recommends that the Commission explicitly clarifies that there will be no reciprocal direct or indirect access by Interpol to the EU databases;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Recommends that the Commission negotiate with Interpol requirements relating to a high level of the quality and verifiability of information in Interpol’s databases and of the transparency of information sources.

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recommends that the Commission ensure strictly that the level of personal data protection and the protection of individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms currently guaranteed under EU primary and secondary law is maintained in exchanges of personal data with Interpol; the ~~Commission’s negotiation strategy~~envisaged cooperation agreement should not lead to a weakening of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, and in particular of their rights to data protection and to privacy;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recommends that the Commission guarantee that the transfer of personal data is adequate, relevant and limited to what is strictly necessary for the purpose for which it has been transferred, in line with the EU’s data protection regime, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (EUDPR), and Directive (EU) 2016/680 (LED);

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recommends that the Commission ensure an oversight system for the use by Interpol of personal data collected by consulting EU systems; recommends that this oversight is done by one or more independent bodies responsible for data protection with effective powers of investigation and intervention, with powers to hear complaints from individuals about the use of their personal data;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Calls on the Commission to negotiate with Interpol a firm requirement that Interpol improves the transparency of its Red Notices review system, in particular of the role and work of its Notices and Diffusions Task Force; recommends including a requirement for Interpol to produce yearly statistical data on its processing of requests for red notices with data on country of request, criminal offence category, review outcome, reasons for denial, and the use of available sanctions against its member states;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23 b. Calls on the Commission to work also internally, making use of existing technical tools available in the EU Security Framework, to establish a verification mechanism for EU Member States to exchange information on the identification and removal of politically motivated Red Notices, on best practices in this field, and on risk profiles third countries creating Red Notices.

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23 c. Calls on the Commission to recognise the risk of undemocratic countries systematically undermining the trust-based international law enforcement cooperation by abusing the tools provided by Interpol; Calls further on the Commission to encourage Interpol to increase its efforts ineffectively countering this misconduct;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Recommends that any dispute settlement to be negotiated falls under the ultimate jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Malik AZMANI, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to report to Parliament on the conduct and the outcome of the negotiations both on a regular basis and whenever requested by the Council; Recalls that Parliament has consenting power to the conclusion of the envisaged cooperation agreement and that it should thus be closely involved in the negotiating process; Calls on the Commission to ensure that reporting to Parliament is part of the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms foreseen in the cooperation agreement;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/0806(NLE)

Draft legislative resolution
Recital A

A. whereas a fully functioning Schengen area and its enlargement to include the Schengen candidate countries remain key for further political, economic and social integration, fostering cohesion and bridging gaps between countries and regions, and a prerequisite for safeguarding the principle of freedom of movement whilst increasing security in the EU as a whole; whereas the Schengen area is one of the greatest achievements of the European Union; whereas this has been made possible through the creation of an evaluation mechanism to verify the implementation of the Schengen acquis by Member States and foster mutual trust in the functioning of the Schengen area;

2022/10/14
Committee: LIBE

2022/0806(NLE)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft legislative resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas there remain strong concerns regarding the fundamental rights situation at the external borders of Croatia; whereas there have been numerous well-documented reports and allegations of systematic pushbacks and violence towards migrants crossing into Croatia; whereas these practices are still ongoing;

2022/10/14
Committee: LIBE

2022/0806(NLE)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft legislative resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas a border monitoring mechanism was set up in Croatia in July 2021 in response to these reports and allegations, whose mandate has recently ended after twelve months; whereas there have been serious doubts expressed about the financial and operational independence of the mechanism as well as its effectiveness, as it did not trigger any serious investigations into the complaints filed; whereas its mandate was widely considered to be too limited in scope;

2022/10/14
Committee: LIBE

2022/0806(NLE)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft legislative resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the European Commission proposed to set up a fundamental rights monitoring mechanism in its New Pact for Migration and Asylum, which should be extended to all asylum and return procedures as well as to border surveillance and border crossings; whereas this mechanism should provide for a continuous monitoring and possible investigation of the situation at the external borders of Croatia;

2022/10/14
Committee: LIBE

2022/0806(NLE)

Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft legislative resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas the European Parliament shall remain informed about the progress of the fundamental rights situation at the external borders of Croatia, in form of an annual reporting back to the Parliament by the Croatian Ministry of the Interior and the European Commission;

2022/10/14
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a

~~(a) the existence, validity or recognition of a marriage or of a relationship deemed by the law applicable to such relationship to have comparable effects, such as a registered partnership;~~deleted

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h

~~(h) nationality;~~deleted

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. This Regulation shall not apply to the recognition of court decisions establishing parenthood given in a third State, or to the recognition or, as the case may be, acceptance of authentic instruments establishing or proving parenthood drawn up or registered in a third State.deleted

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22

1. The application of a provision of the law of any State specified by this Regulation may be refused only if such application is manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the forum. 2. Paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination.Article 22 deleted Public policy (ordre public)

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. Point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non-discrimination.deleted

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point a

~~(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to the public policy of the Member State in which recognition is invoked, taking into account the child’s interests;~~deleted

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1

The jurisdiction of the court of the Member State of origin establishing parenthood may not be reviewed. ~~The test of public policy referred to in point (a) of Article 31(1) may not be applied to the rules relating to jurisdiction set out in Articles 6 to 9.~~

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1

1. An authentic instrument which has no binding legal effect in the Member State of origin shall have the same evidentiary effects in another Member State as it has in the Member State of origin, or the most comparable effects~~, provided that this is not manifestly contrary to public policy (ordre public) in the Member State where it is presented~~.

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2

2. The public policy (ordre public) referred to in paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non-discrimination.deleted

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

The issuing authority shall issue the Certificate without delay and not later than 10 days following receipt of the request in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Chapter when the elements to be certified have been established under the law applicable to the establishment of parenthood. It shall use the form in Annex V.

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point h

(h) details concerning ~~each~~the parent(s): surname(s) (if applicable, surname(s) at birth), given name(s), date and place of birth, nationality, identification number (if applicable), address;

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States shall accept an authentic instrument which has no binding legal effect in the Member State of origin but which has evidentiary effects in that Member State~~, provided that this is not manifestly contrary to the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State in which acceptance is sought~~.

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0402(CNS)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1

1. By [52 years from date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee a report on the application of this Regulation, including an evaluation of any practical problems encountered, supported by information supplied by the Member States. The report shall be accompanied, where necessary, by a legislative proposal, including considering on the legal basis of Article 21(2) TFEU.

2023/07/25
Committee: LIBE

2022/0398(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 a (new)

Article18a Statistics 1. Member States shall collect and maintain comprehensive statistics at central level on the measures taken under this Directive. 2. Without prejudice to the reporting obligations laid down in other Union legal acts, the Member States shall, on a quarterly basis, submit to the Commission the following statistics on the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4, specified per type of Union restrictive measure: (a) the number of criminal proceedings initiated; (b) the number of criminal proceedings dismissed; (c) the number of criminal proceedings resulting in an acquittal; (d) the number of criminal proceedings resulting in a conviction; (e) the number of ongoing criminal proceedings; (f) the average length of criminal proceedings; (g) the value of the funds and economic resources frozen; (h) the value of the funds and economic resources seized. The statistics to be submitted shall also include the types and levels of penalties and sanctions imposed for violation of Union restrictive measures. 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with [Article 18b] concerning the establishment of detailed rules on the information to be collected and on the methodology for the collection of the statistics referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and the arrangements for their transmission to the Commission. 4. Within two weeks after receipt of the quarterly statistics, the Commission shall make them publicly available on its website, maintaining the breakdown by Member State.

2023/05/30
Committee: LIBE

2022/0337(BUD)

Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the increasing number of severe and destructive natural disasters in Europe, as evidenced both by the 2021 floods and the recent ~~record~~ extensive wildfires in the summer of 2022; underlines that due to climate change such extreme weather events resulting in emergencies are going to further intensify and multiply; urges the Union therefore to strengthen its efforts to tackle climate change both in the Union and globally;

2022/11/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/0337(BUD)

Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the urgent need to release financial assistance through the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to ensure that support can reach the affected regions in a timely manner; regrets at the same time that the maximum amount available for that EUSF mobilisation is much lower than the potential aid amount that could be covered and comes more than a year after the events took place due to the inflexible mobilisation rules of the EUSF; urges the Commission to come forward with a model on faster and more timely mobilisation of the EUSF; believes that the available resources for EUSF should be increased and made available in a more timely manner as part of the ambitious multiannual financial framework revision;

2022/11/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/0337(BUD)

Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Reiterates the importance of communicating to the public the tangible benefits brought about by the EUSF, in order to further increase citizens’ trust in Union tools and programmes; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up communication efforts to improve the public awareness of the interventions done with financing under the EUSF;

2022/11/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/0337(BUD)

Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Stresses that the awarding, management and implementation of EUSF grants should be as transparent as possible, and that the grants shall be used in line with the principles of sound financial management;

2022/11/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/0212(BUD)

Katalin CSEH, Moritz KÖRNER, Ramona STRUGARIU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Requests that the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure includes the following joint statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission: “The three institutions believe that in order to make the connection between EU programs and funds and the citizens who finance them more visible, and in order to increase citizens’ identification with the EU programs und funds they finance, as well as in order to strengthen the sense of community and solidarity among citizens across Member States, the communication and visibility of the EU programs and funds should be amended. The three institutions agree that all common provisions relating to EU programs and funds financed from the EU budget and NextGenerationEU as well as all operational guidelines for recipients of EU funding shall be amended through an Omnibus regulation so that instead of the current statements ‘Funded by the European Union’ or ‘Co-funded by the European Union’ the statements ‘Funded by the citizens of the European Union’ or ‘Co-funded by the citizens of the European Union’ shall be placed next to the emblem of the Union.

2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2022/0162(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11 a) Where national authorities do not comply with the obligations laid down by this Regulation, in particular the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget EU authorities should use all the means at their disposal, in accordance with this Regulation, to directly provide local governments and NGOs with the funding they would have received if their national government had complied with the aforementioned obligations. Increased amount of direct funding for local governments and NGOs should be encouraged anyway when implementing this Regulation.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Ramona STRUGARIU

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)

(27 a) In order to ensure the most comprehensive and complete data on beneficiaries of Union funds to be available in the single integrated IT system for data-mining and risk-scoring, while not increasing administrative burden, all data on final benefeciaries already collected by persons and entities implementing Union funds should be recorded in the IT system, irrespective of these beneficiaries being deemed as recipients of Union funds.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) In accordance with the principle of transparency enshrined in Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Union institutions and Member States when implementing the EU budget are to conduct their work as openly as possible. With regard to budget implementation, the application of that principle implies that citizens as beneficiaries of and contributors to the budget should know where, and for what purpose, funds are spent by the Union. Such information fosters democratic debate, encourages the citizens' identification with and sense of community within the Union, contributes to the participation of citizens in the Union’s decision-making process, reinforces institutional control and scrutiny over Union expenditure, and contributes to boosting its credibility. Furthermore it boosts the visibility for EU policies, investments and the European Added Values. Communication should be more targeted and should aim to increase the visibility of the Union contribution for citizens. Such objectives should be achieved by the publication, preferably using modern communication tools, of relevant information concerning all funding opportunities, such as call for tenders etc. in all forms of management on a dedicated website and of relevant information concerning all recipients of funds financed from the budget which takes into account those recipients’ legitimate interests of confidentiality and security and, as far as natural persons are concerned, their right to privacy and the protection of their personal data. Union institutions should therefore adopt a selective approach in the publication of information, in accordance with the principle of proportionality. Decisions to publish should be based on relevant criteria in order to provide meaningful information.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)

(29 a) In order to reduce administrative burden, the Commisson should take the information on recipients of Union funds to be published on a dedicated website from the single integrated IT system for data-mining and risk-scoring. Therefore, data to be recorded in the IT system for data-mining and risk-scoring should include and be aligned with the data to be published. As a result, persons and entities implementing Union funds will not need to transmit the same data more than once.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43

(43) In view of the increased volume of borrowing and lending operations carried out by the Commission on behalf of the Union to finance the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, transparency regarding those operations should be further enhanced. To address the increased complexity of those operations and in order to ensure better visibility of their content, a comprehensive overview of borrowing and lending operations carried out by the Commission ~~should be added to the document annexed to the section of the budget relating to the Commission~~, including as a minimum detailed information on maturities, schedule of payments, interest due and the role of own resources in the repayment of the debt, should be added to the document annexed to the section of the budget relating to the Commission. That document should lay down the underlying data and the methodology used by the Commission to estimate the interest due, including through comprehensive graphs and figures.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 194 a (new)

(194 a)By introducing a new category of a very low value grant of an amount of up to EUR 10 000, the lessons learned from providing small-scale support during the pandemic to small and medium-sized enterprises and individual applicants should be implemented. The new category would create efficiencies for the implementing partners and the Commission, while reducing bureaucracy for applicants

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 219 a (new)

(219 a)Recent experience with the funding needs for Ukraine has highlighted the disadvantages of a fragmented approach to the organisation of the Union’s debt. In order to strengthen the Union’s position as an issuer of euro-denominated debt, it is of paramount importance that all new issuance be organised through a single funding method. This method should not undermine the temporary nature of certain programmes financed by the Union's debt.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 219 b (new)

(219 b)The model for a single funding method, and most elements of the infrastructure needed for its implementation, have already been established in the form of a diversified funding strategy under Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053. That strategy has allowed the successful mobilisation of funds for grants and loans under Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for a range of other Union programmes referred to in Council Regulation (EU) 2020/2094. To anticipate possible future borrowing and lending operations, which must respect the principles of budgetary neutrality and budgetary balance as set out in Article 310(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is appropriate to establish a diversified funding strategy as the single funding method for implementation of borrowing operations.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Katalin CSEH, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ramona STRUGARIU, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 48

(48) ‘non-governmental organisation’ means a voluntary, independent from government, non-profit organisation, which is not a political party or a trade union which is organized either on a local, national, European or international level to address issues in support of the public good;

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Eva Maria POPTCHEVA, Ramona STRUGARIU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to avoid imposing a disproportionate financial and administrative burden on Union institutions, bodies and agencies, the cybersecurity risk management requirements should be proportionate to the risk presented by the network and information system concerned, taking into account the state of the art of such measures. Each Union institution, body and agency should aim to allocate an adequate percentage of its IT budget to improve its level of cybersecurity; in the longer term a target in the order of 10% should be pursued. In accordance with the EDPS recommendation, the minimum security requirements laid down by this Regulation should be equal to or higher than this minimum security requirements of the entities of NIS and NIS 2.0 proposals.

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0085(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8 a) In the current geopolitical context, it is essential that the confidentiality of data be 24 hours a day, 7 days a week protected against cyber threat by specialised and operational teams.

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0085(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8 a) In order to be able to guarantee an effective cybersecurity framework, CERT- EU requires stable, highly qualified and specialised staff. Those staff should have access to continuous training programs.

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0085(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10 a) In its report of 15 February 2022 "Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware", the EDPS invited Members States to renounce the use and development on European soil of software such as Pegasus which might affect the right to privacy, the democracy and the rule of law, and could therefore be incompatible with the democratic values and the legal order of the Union;

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0085(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In May 2011, the Secretaries- General of the Union institutions and bodies decided to establish a pre- configuration team for a computer emergency response team for the Union’s institutions, bodies and agencies (CERT- EU) supervised by an inter-institutional Steering Board. In July 2012, the Secretaries-General confirmed the practical arrangements and agreed to maintain CERT-EU as a permanent entity to continue to help improve the overall level of information technology security of the Union’s institutions, bodies and agencies as an example of visible inter-institutional cooperation in cybersecurity. In September 2012, CERT-EU was established as a permanent Taskforce of the European Commission with an interinstitutional mandate. In December 2017, the Union institutions and bodies concluded an interinstitutional arrangement on the organisation and operation of CERT-EU3 . This arrangement should continue to evolve to support the implementation of this Regulation. _________________ 3 OJ C 12, 13.1.2018, p. 1–11.

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0085(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)

(25 a) On 9 March 2022, the EU Ministers of Telecommunications signed a declaration calling on the Commission to create an Emergency Response fund for cybersecurity to prepare the Union to face up to a large-scale cyber-threat. They ask the Cyber authorities concerned to make recommendations aimed at strengthening the empowerment and the resilience of Europe's digital infrastructures and connexions.

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0085(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Alin MITUȚA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. CERT-EU tasks and activities, including services provided by CERT-EU pursuant to Article 12(2), (3), (4), (6), and Article 13(1) to Union institutions, bodies and agencies financed from the heading of the multiannual financial framework dedicated to European public administration, shall be funded through a distinct budget line of the Commission budget. CERT-EU earmarked posts shall be detailed in a footnote to the Commission establishment plan. This establishment plan shall be subject to a midterm review, every 2,5 years.

2022/06/24
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on ~~sex~~gender and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender- based violence.

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 60

(60) In order to ensure victims of ~~violence against women and domestic~~gender-based violence, domestic violence and cyber violence are identified and receive appropriate support, Member States should ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims ~~receive~~, including law enforcement authorities, receive mandatory training and targeted information. Trainings should cover the dynamics and impact of sexual assault victimization, the risk and prevention of intimidation, repeat and secondary victimisation and the availability of protection and support measures for victims and how to assess the risk of their situation. Trainings should also cover how to properly interview and assist a victim who wishes to lodge a complaint. To prevent and appropriately address instances of sexual harassment at work, persons with supervisory functions should also receive training. These trainings should also cover assessments regarding sexual harassment at work and associated psychosocial safety and health risks as referred to under Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 . Training activities should also cover the risk of third party violence. Third party violence refers to violence which staff may suffer at the workplace, not at the hands of a co-worker, and includes cases, such as nurses sexually harassed by a patient. _________________ 45 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61

(61) In order to counteract underreporting, Member States should also liaise with law enforcement authorities in the development of trainings in particular regarding harmful gender stereotypes, but also in the prevention of offences, given their typical close contact with groups at risk of violence and victims. Mandatory trainings of law enforcement authorities on how to receive a victim of gender- based violence, domestic violence or cyberviolence is essential to properly assist the filing of a complaint by the victim and to properly assess the risk of her situation.

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

This Directive lays down rules to prevent and combat ~~violence against women and domestic~~ gender-based violence, domestic violence and cyberviolence. It establishes minimum rules concerning:

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the rights of victims of all forms of ~~violence against women or domestic~~ gender-based violence, domestic violence or cyberviolence before, during or after criminal proceedings;

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Member States shall ensure a minimum of one rape crisis or sexual violence referral centre per 200 000 women. The geographical distribution of these centres shall also be taken into account so as not to leave any isolated area.

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The appropriate training for law enforcement authorities handling victim's judicial complaint is especially crucial in the context of the fight against gender- based violence, domestic violence and cyberviolence, considering they may be the first authorities to whom the victim is reaching out in the judicial proceedings.

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) exchanging information and best practices with relevant Union agencies; in particular with the European Institute for Gender Equality and Europol cybercrime center to provide help Member States;

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Article 44a new - Financing and monitoring of the measures and objectives laid down in this Directive

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. The relevant agencies, in particular the European Institute for Gender Equality and Europol, shall be provided with the necessary human and financial resources to fulfil the objectives, tasks and responsibilities assigned to it under this directive financed by a contribution from the general budget of the Union, with the necessary appropriations drawn exclusively from unallocated margins under the relevant heading of the multiannual financial framework and/or through the mobilisation of the relevant special instruments, meaning that their support should not come at the expense of existing budget lines and Union programmes.

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0066(COD)

Fabienne KELLER, Nils TORVALDS, Moritz KÖRNER, Vlad GHEORGHE, Valérie HAYER, Martin HOJSÍK, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Member States shall ensure that sufficient public funding is provided for the measures adopted in order for them to be effectively implemented.

2023/01/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10 a) Data collected or generated by defence products or services or in the context of defence-related activities, including data collected or generated by dual-use products such as satellites, aircraft and drones when used in a defence context, should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation as the disclosure of such data would create strategic vulnerabilities for European security and defence.

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Physical products that obtain, generate or collect, by means of their components, data concerning their performance, use or environment and that are able to communicate that data via a publicly available electronic communications service (often referred to as the Internet of Things) should be covered by this Regulation. Electronic communications services include land- based telephone networks, television cable networks, satellite-based networks and near-field communication networks. Such products may include vehicles, home equipment and consumer goods, medical and health devices or agricultural and industrial machinery. The data represent the digitalisation of user actions and events and should accordingly be accessible to the user, while information derived or inferred from this data, where lawfully held, should not be considered within scope of this Regulation. Such data are potentially valuable to the user and support innovation and the development of digital and other services protecting the environment, health and the circular economy, in particular though facilitating the maintenance and repair of the products in question. Product- design data, that relate exclusively to the inner functioning and design of a product and do not present a significant interest to the user, for example data generated or collected as a by product of the interaction between components of sub-components of a system, should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, provided the product manufacturer can show sharing such data brings no significant benefits to the user in reasonably foreseeable use cases such as the maintenance and repair of the product.

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Data generated by the use of a product or related service include data recorded intentionally by the user. Such data include also data generated as a by- product of the user’s action, such as diagnostics data, and without any action by the user, such as when the product is in ‘standby mode’, and data recorded during periods when the product is switched off. Such data should include data in the form and format in which they are generated by the product, but not pertain to data resulting from any software process that calculates derivative data from such data as such software process may be subject to intellectual property rights. Product design data, that relate exclusively to the inner functioning and design of a product,should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation insofar as such data brings no significant benefits to the user in reasonably foreseeable uses cases.

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Alin MITUȚA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)

(24 a) After the data has been made available to a user or data recipient according to the provisions of this Regulation, the data holder should not be liable for any direct or indirect damages arising from, relating to, or in connection with the processing of the data by the user or by the third party.

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Alin MITUȚA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56

(56) In situations of exceptional need, it may be necessary for public sector bodies or Union institutions, agencies or bodies to use data held by an enterprise to respond to public emergencies ~~or in other exceptional cases~~. Research-performing organisations and research-funding organisations could also be organised as public sector bodies or bodies governed by public law. To limit the burden on businesses, micro and small enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to provide public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies or bodies data in situations of exceptional need.

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Alin MITUȚA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58

(58) An exceptional need may also arise when a public sector body can demonstrate that the data are necessary ~~either to prevent a public emergency, or~~ to assist recovery from a public emergency, in circumstances that are reasonably proximate to the public emergency in question. Where the exceptional need is not justified by the need to respond to, prevent or assist recovery from a public emergency, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should demonstrate that the lack of timely access to and the use of the data requested prevents it from effectively fulfilling a specific task in the public interest that has been explicitly provided in law. Such exceptional need may also occur in other situations, for example in relation to the timely compilation of official statistics when data is not otherwise available or when the burden on statistical respondents will be considerably reduced. At the same time, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should~~, outside the case of responding to, preventing or assisting recovery from a public emergency,~~ demonstrate that no alternative means for obtaining the data requested exists and that the data cannot be obtained in a timely manner through the laying down of the necessary data provision obligations in new legislation.

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Alin MITUȚA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies or bodies that request data holders to make data available where there is an exceptional need to that data for the ~~performance of a task carried out in the public interest~~response to or recovery from a public emergency and the data holders that provide those data in response to such request;

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Alin MITUȚA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4

4. This Regulation shall not affect Union and national legal acts providing for the sharing, access and use of data for the purpose of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council72 and the [e-evidence proposals [COM(2018) 225 and 226] once adopted, and international cooperation in that area. This Regulation shall not affect the collection, sharing, access to and use of data under Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing and Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information accompanying the transfer of funds. This Regulation shall not affect the competences of the Member States regarding activities concerning public security, defence, national security, customs and tax administration and the health and safety of citizens in accordance with Union law. This Regulation shall not affect data collected or generated by defence activities, products, or services or by products or services deployed and used for defence purposes, and it shall not affect product design data, insofar as the product manufacturer has demonstrated that such data is of no significant interest to the user. _________________ 72 Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 79).

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Abir AL-SAHLANI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

(1 a) “product design data” are data that relate exclusively to the internal functioning of the system and design of the product, for instance in relation to interfaces and interactions between internal components or sub-components of the system;

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9

(9) ‘public sector body’ means national, regional or local authorities of the Member States ~~and bodies governed by public law of the Member States, or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies~~;

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Alin MITUȚA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Michal ŠIMEČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10

(10) ‘public emergency’ means an exceptional situation such as public health emergencies, emergencies resulting from natural disasters, as well as human- induced major disasters, such as major cybersecurity incidents, negatively affecting the population of the Union, a Member State or part of it, with a risk of serious and lasting repercussions on living conditions or economic stability, or the substantial degradation of economic assets in the Union or the relevant Member State(s) and which is determined according to the respective procedures under Union or national law;

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Karen MELCHIOR, Alin MITUȚA, Michal ŠIMEČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14

(14) ‘functional equivalence’ means the maintenance of a minimum level of functionality in the environment of a new data processing service after the switching process, to such an extent that, in response to an input action by the user on core elements of the service, the destination service will deliver the same output at the same performance and with the same level of security, operational resilience and quality of service as the originating service at the time of termination of the contract, , insofar as the originating and the destination data processing services cover (in part or in whole) the same service type;

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2022/0047(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Moritz KÖRNER, Alin MITUȚA, Michal ŠIMEČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) the nature and ~~volum~~type of the data likely to be generated by the use of the product or related service;

2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The Horizon Europe Framework programme established by Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 (Horizon Europe) – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, has the objective to strengthen the European research area (ERA), encouraging it to become more competitive, including in its industry, while promoting all research and innovation (R&I) activities to deliver on the Union's strategic priorities and commitments, which ultimately aim to promote peace, the Union's values and the well-being of its peoples. As a major priority of the Union, the total financial resources allocated to the programme should not be reduced and the reduction of the financial resources of the programme, aimed to reinforce the financial envelope of the Digital Europe programme with the aim of contributing to the Chips initiative, should be fully compensated by another source. Consequently, without prejudice to the institutional prerogatives of the European Parliament and of the Council, an amount of commitment appropriations equivalent to the reduction should be made available to Horizon Europe over the period 2023- 2027, resulting from total or partial non- implementation of projects belonging to that programme or its predecessor, as provided for in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council52 (the Financial Regulation). This amount will be in addition to the EUR 0.5 billion (in 2018 prices) already mentioned in the Joint Declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the re- use of decommitted funds in relation to the research programme. _________________ 51 Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013. (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1). 52 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).

2022/10/26
Committee: BUDG

2022/0032(COD)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nils TORVALDS, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

2022/11/07
Committee: BUDG

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Dragoş TUDORACHE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with satisfaction that the report contains country-specific chapters; commends the Commission’s efforts to engage with national governments and national parliaments, as well as civil society and other national actors; encourages the Commission to devote greater efforts to deepening the analysis, and invites the Commission to ensure proper resources for that; believes that more time and importance should be ~~devoted~~given to the Commission’s country visits, ~~including on site~~especially on site; calls on the Commission to raise greater awareness of these visits among the public in order to foster a rule of law culture at national level; furthermore it calls on the Commission to organise communication campaigns about the importance of respecting the Rule of Law;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is of the opinion that the Rule of Law report is currently a descriptive documentation of the situation in the Member States; stresses that a thorough analysis of the state of play in the Member States require an analysis and an overall evaluation of the Rule of Law in the Member States; calls on the Commission therefore to develop a Rule of Law index based on an objective and non- discriminative point system, which as a ‘traffic light’ assessment could signal the level of the rule of law in the Member States;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is strongly of the opinion that the Rule of Law cycle can be effective only if the principle of sincere cooperation set out in Art. 4 (3) TEU is equally respected and applied by the European institutions and the Member States;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines its concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism, antigypsyism and anti- Muslim hatred in Europe, Romani people and other persons belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+ persons and elderly people especially people living in marginalised settlements, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Union; ~~emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority right~~is particularly concerned about the deterioration of the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women in some Member States, including the imposition of highly restrictive laws on abortion; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority rights; strongly reiterates its call on the Commission to include within the scope of future reports an in-depth assessment of the persistent violations of democracy and fundamental rights throughout the Union, including equality and the rights of persons belonging to minorities;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that the time limits for consultation with civil society is often too short or ill-timed and should be suitably adapted and flexible in order to allow for complete and comprehensive input; points out that this has made it more difficult for stakeholders to prepare and plan their contributions and awareness-raising activities~~, in particular if the consultation coincides with winter holiday~~ due to the limits of their capacities and their financial resources; calls on the Commission to allow multilingual submissions; notes that consultation can be improved by ensuring follow-up with civil society actors on the input they provide;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the annual report should serve as a basis for deciding whether to activate one or several relevant tools such as Article 7 TEU, the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, the Rule of Law Framework or infringement procedures, including expedited procedures, applications for interim measures before the CJEU and actions regarding non-implementation of CJEU judgments; calls on the institutions to activate such tools without delay; reiterates its call on the Commission to create a direct link between the Annual Rule of Law reports and the Rule of Law Conditionality mechanism;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

Fabienne KELLER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Alin MITUȚA, Valérie HAYER, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-A a. whereas the volume of the MFF 2021-2027 and the NGEU represents an unprecedented budget for the EU in its history that aims to support EU’s economic and social recovery following the consequences of the EU-Covid pandemic, and therefore requires more than ever timely and proper application of the principles of the sound financial management, as well as the protection of EU’s financial interests;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that after the Commission ~~has begun to draft guidelines on the application of the Regulation; requests that, if the Commission deems such guidelines necessary, Parliament be consulted prior to their adop~~decided to preprare the Guidelines the Parliament in its resolution of 25 March 2021 on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, the rule-of-law conditionality mechanism requested the Commission to submit the guidelines by 1 June 2021 the latest; regrets that the Commission has handed over the draft guidelines on the application of the Regulation with 2 weeks delay; is of the opinion that the draft guidelines in its current form do not contain any additional information, which could contribute to the proper application of the regulation; concludes therefore that the Commission’s guidelines are partof its delaying tactic of the application of the regulation;

2021/06/18
Committee: LIBE

2021/2071(INI)

Fabienne KELLER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Alin MITUȚA, Valérie HAYER, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)

-A b. whereas according to the Regulation, respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for compliance with the principles of sound financial management;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Commission decided to abide by the non-binding European Council conclusions of December 2020 and declared that it would develop guidelines for the application of the Regulation;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas, in its resolution of 25 March 2021 on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, the rule-of-law conditionality mechanism, Parliament requested the Commission to adopt the guidelines no later than 1 June 2021 and after having consulted Parliament;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Deplores the time wasted by the Commission since the entry into force of the Regulation; urges the Commission to act without any further delay in the application of the Regulation and to investigate swiftly and thoroughly any potential breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; reiterates that the situation in some Member States already warrants immediate investigation under the Regulation;

2021/06/18
Committee: LIBE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Considers that the Commission’s annual Rule of Law report constitutes an objective, impartial, fair, and qualitative assessment of breaches of the principles of rule of law; believes that where the conclusions of the annual reports highlight individual or systemic breaches of the rule of law which affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way, they should be directly linked to the triggering of the Conditionality Mechanism; calls on the Commission to clarify a methodology to create a clear and direct link, when relevant, between the annual reports and the Conditionality Mechanism;

2021/06/18
Committee: LIBE

2021/2071(INI)

Fabienne KELLER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Alin MITUȚA, Valérie HAYER, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that guidelines are not legally binding and by no means could delay the application of the Regulation already in force; notes that the Commission is deviating from its usual practice of drafting guidelines for the application of a legal act only in cases where the actual implementation of the act over a certain period of time shows the need for guidance;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Olivier CHASTEL, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Pascal DURAND, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Vlad GHEORGHE, Alin MITUȚA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights that guidelines are not legally binding; ~~not~~deplores that the Commission is deviating from its usual practice of drafting guidelines for the application of a legal act only in cases where the actual implementation of the act over a certain period of time shows the need for guidance;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

Fabienne KELLER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Alin MITUȚA, Valérie HAYER, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. UStresses that measures under the Regulation are necessary in particular in cases where other procedures set out in Union legislation would not allow the Union budget to be protected more efficiently; therefore urges the Commission to avoid any further delay in the application of the Regulation and to investigate swiftly and thoroughly any potential breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; reiterates that the situation in some Member States already warrants immediate investigation under the Regulation, in particular Member States already under the procedure of Article 7 TEU;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. UDeplores the time wasted by the Commission since the entry into force of the Regulation; urges the Commission to a~~void~~ct without any further delay in the application of the Regulation and to investigate swiftly and thoroughly any potential breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; reiterates that the situation in some Member States already warrants immediate investigation under the Regulation;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Moritz KÖRNER, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls that the political guidelines for the European Commission 2019-2024 stated that 'there can be no compromise when it comes to defending our core values' and that it would be ensured that the full Union toolbox would be used at European level; recalls that the Commission ‘shall be completely independent’, and its members ‘shall neither seek nor take instructions from any Government’ in accordance with Article 17(3) of the TEU and Article 245 of the TFEU; recalls further that in accordance with Article 17(8) of the TEU, the Commission ‘shall be responsible to the European Parliament’;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Ask~~Requests the Commission to report to Parliament on a quarterly or semi-annual basis regarding new and ongoing cases under investigation, starting as soon as possible with the first cases;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to clarify in the guidelines that breaches of the rule of law in a Member state which result from decisions or events that took place prior to 1 January 2021 still fall within the scope of the regulation as long as their effect is still ongoing;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Draws particular attention to the list of indicative breaches of the principles of the rule of law laid down in Article 3 of the Regulation; ~~calls on~~urges the Commission to investigate potential occurrences of the breaches included in that list in the Member States, while pointing out that other practices or omissions by public authorities may also be relevant;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Fabienne KELLER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Alin MITUȚA, Valérie HAYER, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that identification of breaches of the principles of the rule of law requires objective, impartial, fair and thorough qualitative assessment by the Commission, taking into account relevant information from available sources and recognised institutions; in particular, calls on the Commission to take materials from EU bodies, such as the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the Commission’s annual Rule of Law Report and EU Justice Scoreboard, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), or from international organisations, such as the Council of Europe;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Pierre KARLESKIND, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Moritz KÖRNER, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Considers that the Commission’s annual Rule of Law report constitutes an objective, impartial, fair, and qualitative assessment of breaches of the principles of rule of law; believes that where the conclusions of the annual reports highlight individual or systemic breaches of the rule of law which affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way, they should be directly linked to the triggering of the conditionality mechanism; calls on the Commission to clarify, in the guidelines, a methodology to create a clear and direct link, when relevant, between the annual reports and the conditionality mechanism;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Highlights that civil society, including independent NGOs and citizens, is at the forefront to identify potential breaches of the rule of law at local and national level, and should therefore be involved in their reporting; calls on the Commission to establish, in the guidelines, an efficient, user-friendly, and easily accessible online one-stop shop for citizens and civil society to report both fraud and corruption cases related to EU Funds, as well as individual or systemic breaches in their Member State, guaranteeing anonymity and leading, where deemed relevant by its services, to further investigations by the OLAF, the EPPO or the Commission;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Moritz KÖRNER, Katalin CSEH, Olivier CHASTEL, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Pascal DURAND, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Daniel FREUND, Alin MITUȚA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Recalls that the Regulation provides a clear definition of the rule of law, which must be understood in relation to the other values of the Union, including fundamental rights and non- discrimination; is of the opinion that state-sponsored discrimination against minorities has a direct impact on the projects on which Member States decide or not to spend EU money, and therefore directly affects the protection of the financial interests of the Union; calls on the Commission to take this into account when drafting the guidelines;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Transparency

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Believes that transparency is essential to foster the confidence of Member States and citizens in the conditionality mechanism: points out that each step of the procedure of the Regulation should therefore be taken in a fully transparent way;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Is alarmed by the legislative measures adopted in some Members States under the pretext of COVID-19 measures; reaffirms its position that such measures need to respect EU fundamental rights and the rule of law and considers that equal treatment of persons is crucial1a; _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0307.

2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE

Draft decision
Recital 10a (new)

10a. When determining the application of the uniform call rate to the sum of all GNI of all Member States, other revenue may constitute a lump sum or penalty payment imposed on and paid by a Member State pursuant to Article 260 TFEU. As concerned Member States would currently still benefit from the reduction of the GNI-based own resource caused by such other revenue, the Member States de facto enjoy a rebate on their lump sum or penalty payment. In order to avoid such rebates on lump sums and penalty payments, the reduction of the GNI-based own resource caused by such other revenue should not apply to the Member State on which the lump sum or penalty payment was imposed on.

2023/10/04
Committee: BUDG

2021/0430(CNS)

Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Michal ŠIMEČKA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10

Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 26 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Where border controls at internal borders have been reintroduced or prolonged, the necessity and duration shall be regularly discussed in the Schengen Council.

2022/12/12
Committee: LIBE

Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Moritz KÖRNER, Malik AZMANI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) Those capabilities of the Single Points of Contact should include having access to all information available within its own Member State, including by having user-friendly access to all relevant Union and international databases and platforms, in accordance with the modalities specified in the applicable Union and national law. In order to be able to meet the requirements of this Directive, especially those on the time limits, the Single Points of Contact should be provided with adequate resources in terms of budget and staff, including adequate translation capabilities, and function around the clock. In that regard, having a front desk that is able to screen, process and channel incoming requests for information may increase their efficiency and effectiveness. Those capabilities should also include having at their disposition, at all times, judicial authorities competent to grant necessary judicial authorisations. In practice, this can be done, for example, by ensuring the physical presence or the functional availability of such judicial authorities, either within the premises of the Single Point of Contact or directly available on call.

2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE

(19) The use of those systems for the purpose of law enforcement should therefore be prohibited, except in three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, where the use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest, the importance of which outweighs the risks. Those situations involve the search for potential victims of crime, including missing children; certain threats to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack; and the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of perpetrators or suspects of the criminal offences referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA38 if those criminal offences are punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years and as they are defined in the law of that Member State. Such threshold for the custodial sentence or detention order in accordance with national law contributes to ensure that the offence should be serious enough to potentially justify the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems. Moreover, of the 32 criminal offences listed in the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, some are in practice likely to be more relevant than others, in that the recourse to ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification will foreseeably be necessary and proportionate to highly varying degrees for the practical pursuit of the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of the different criminal offences listed and having regard to the likely differences in the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm or possible negative consequences. _________________ 38 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) In order to ensure that those systems are used in a responsible and proportionate manner, it is also important to establish that, in each of those three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, certain elements should be taken into account, in particular as regards the nature of the situation giving rise to the request and the consequences of the use for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned and the safeguards and conditions provided for with the use. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to appropriate limits in time and space, having regard in particular to the evidence or indications regarding the threats, the victims or perpetrator. The reference database of persons should be appropriate for each use case in each of the three situations mentioned above.deleted

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Each use of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to an express and specific authorisation by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of a Member State. Such authorisation should in principle be obtained prior to the use, except in duly justified situations of urgency, that is, situations where the need to use the systems in question is such as to make it effectively and objectively impossible to obtain an authorisation before commencing the use. In such situations of urgency, the use should be restricted to the absolute minimum necessary and be subject to appropriate safeguards and conditions, as determined in national law and specified in the context of each individual urgent use case by the law enforcement authority itself. In addition, the law enforcement authority should in such situations seek to obtain an authorisation as soon as possible, whilst providing the reasons for not having been able to request it earlier.deleted

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide, within the exhaustive framework set by this Regulation that such use in the territory of a Member State in accordance with this Regulation should only be possible where and in as far as the Member State in question has decided to expressly provide for the possibility to authorise such use in its detailed rules of national law. Consequently, Member States remain free under this Regulation not to provide for such a possibility at all or to only provide for such a possibility in respect of some of the objectives capable of justifying authorised use identified in this Regulation.deleted

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70

(70) Certain AI systems intended to interact with natural persons or to generate content may pose specific risks of impersonation or deception irrespective of whether they qualify as high-risk or not. In certain circumstances, the use of these systems should therefore be subject to specific transparency obligations without prejudice to the requirements and obligations for high-risk AI systems. In particular, natural persons should be notified that they are interacting with an AI system, unless this is obvious from the circumstances and the context of use or where the content is part of an obviously artistic, creative or fictional cinematographic work. Moreover, natural persons should be notified when they are exposed to an emotion recognition system or a biometric categorisation system. Such information and notifications should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities. Further, users, who use an AI system to generate or manipulate image, audio or video content that appreciably resembles existing persons, places or events and would falsely appear to a person to be authentic, should disclose, in an appropriate, clear and visible manner, that the content has been artificially created or manipulated by labelling the artificial intelligence output accordingly and disclosing its artificial origin.

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system ~~that deploys subliminal techniques beyond a person’s consciousness in order to~~with the objective to or the effect of materially distorting a person’s behaviour in a manner that causes or is reasonably likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm;

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) organise specific awareness raising activities about the application of this Regulation tailored to the needs of ~~the small-scale provider~~SMEs, sart-ups and users;

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021 assessments, the strategy’s enhanced focus on social and environmental dimensions and its emphasis on the importance of combining crisis management with reforms identified in the European Semester, the transformative aspirations of the Green Deal and the digital transition; underlines that the COVID-19 crisis is having an impact on the notion of reforms, recovery and resilience and highlights the Portuguese Presidency’s emphasis on the European social model as a valuable contribution in this regard;

2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG

2021/0000(INI)

Fabienne KELLER, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the urgent need for the recovery and resilience plans to deliver public goods like pandemic prevention, stability of public finances and their resilience against future economic shocks, to sustain our economic base and to contribute to implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU’s climate and biodiversity objectives, the digital and green transformation, and the Gender Equality Strategy;

2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG

2021/0000(INI)

Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Valérie HAYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to apply the RoL Regulation ~~completely and without ambiguity.~~ as adopted by the co- legislators fully, without ambiguity and with no delay; recalls Commission’s role as guardian of the Treaties.

2021/02/03
Committee: BUDG

2020/2244(INI)

Vlad GHEORGHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Martin HOJSÍK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in the area of social and employment policies, Next Generation EU (NGEU) and the EU budget can play a subsidiary but instrumental role in triggering, bundling and directing investments towards social development, in particular education, and resilience; appreciates that this role will be enhanced by better coordination of national policies towards overarching EU objectives such as the European Green Deal, the digital transition and the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Gender Equality Strategy;

2021/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2020/2244(INI)

Vlad GHEORGHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Martin HOJSÍK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that vocational training systems provide youth and those who lost their jobs during the crisis with a reliable pathway towards long-term employment, which is a crucial step in overcoming the crisis;

2021/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2020/2244(INI)

Vlad GHEORGHE, Olivier CHASTEL, Fabienne KELLER, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Underlines that the access to digital infrastructure is still limited for certain groups of the population, stresses therefore the need to increase financing of digitalisation efforts to make sure that all economic actors and consumers have equal access to digital tools;

2021/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2020/2244(INI)

Vlad GHEORGHE, Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that the partnership of public and private financial institutions has an important potential in providing income to the workers who are most seriously affected by the crisis, particularly those employed by SMEs in the sectors of culture, education, tourism and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, cafés);

2021/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2020/2244(INI)

Vlad GHEORGHE, Fabienne KELLER, Olivier CHASTEL, Moritz KÖRNER, Martin HOJSÍK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Underlines that the delivery of financial resources under NGEU and MFF, as well as public and private resources aiming at recovery and resilience, should be done in the most swift manner in order to avoid further losses; stresses in this regard that the quality and effectiveness of public administration, its transparency and sound financial management are crucial for the implementation of the recovery resources; calls on the European Commission to assist national, regional and local public administration, where necessary, with specific expertise, digital and operational support, inter alia via the Technical Support Instrument.

2021/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that internal border controls are continuing to be introduced by some Member States as a unilateral response to new challenges, before they have given proper consideration to the common European interest in maintaining Schengen as an area without internal border controls; reiterates its call on the Commission to exercise appropriate scrutiny over the application of the Schengen acquis, including through the use of infringement procedures, and underlines the urgent need to enhance mutual trust and cooperation among the Schengen states and appropriate governance for the Schengen area; recalls that despite identifying significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Schengen acquis, the Commission has been slow or outright reluctant to initiate infringement proceedings, thereby contributing to the existing enforcement gap;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates the need for Member States to respect the law as enshrined in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to implement border measures in a lawful and non-discriminatory way;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that despite the Commission adopting 198 evaluation reports in the period 2015-2019, only 45 Schengen evaluations have been closed; calls on the Member States to step up implementation of evaluation findings and Council recommendations;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls on the Commission to allocate sufficient resources to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of the Schengen system, including by increasing the number of on-site visits in the Member States; notes that announcing to the Member State concerned an 'unannounced' visit 24 hours in advance defeats the purpose of unannounced visits and requests a change of practice;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Notes that a Schengen evaluation cycle takes on average two years; calls on the Commission and the Council to speed up the process, in particular the adoption of Council recommendations, which takes on average 32 weeks;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10d. Highlights the recurrent deficiencies and areas of improvement in the Schengen system identified by the Commission: incomplete or non-conform transposition, implementation and application of pertinent Schengen acquis; insufficient number of staff and inadequate qualification and/or training; diverging and inconsistent national practices due to incoherent implementation of the Schengen acquis; fragmented administrative structures with insufficient coordination and integration of the different authorities; and practical, technological and regulatory barriers to cooperation within the Schengen area; recalls that these problems constitute fundamental obstacles to the proper functioning of Schengen and urges the Member States to finally give them appropriate attention;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that in light of the continued threats posed by transnational crime and the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the fragmented legal framework in the area of police cooperation in Europe is insufficient; calls on the Commission to come forward with legislative proposals to strengthen police cooperation, including by enhancing the role of Europol and developing a synergistic relationship with the EPPO, supplemented with initiatives aiming to reinforce public oversight and accountability of police action;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2196(INI)

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes, that as of 1 January 2021, Ireland has begun to apply parts of the Schengen acquis; notes that Ireland's participation will benefit the security and well-being of citizens all over Europe, in particular in light of the UK's new status as a third country; encourages Ireland to join the Schengen system in full to further strengthen border management and security cooperation in Europe, without prejudice to the special arrangements governing the North/South border.

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2194(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Stresses that the Court found that the payments underlying the accounts were legal and regular for all agencies except for EASO, for which a qualified opinion was issued due to irregularities in regard to public procurement procedures and related payments; is disappointed that the legality and regularity of payments only slowly improved in 2019; regrets that, once again, there were irregular payments, representing 14,6 % of the value of all payments made by EASO in 2019; Acknowledges that the Executive Director is taking action to improve the management of EASO;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2194(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Not~~Underlines that public procurement continues to be the main area prone to error in relation to all Union decentralised agencies; calls therefore on the affected JHA agencies, i.e. Europol, CEPOL to improve their public procurement procedures with a view to compliance with applicable rules and as a result, the achievement of the most economically advantageous purchases, while respecting the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non- discrimination and eu-LISA to improve the recruitment procedure.

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2194(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the agencies in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the agencies to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed.

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2194(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls on the agencies to continue to develop synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security).

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2181(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Fabienne KELLER, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates the Agency's very low budget implementation in 2019, with close to 55.2 % (EUR 159 million) of commitment appropriations carried forward and ~~47.8~~32 % (EUR 66 million) of payment appropriations unused; acknowledges that this was due to the late adoption or entry into force of certain legislative acts; ~~calls on the Agency and the Commission~~recommends to the Commission and the Agency to start their dialogue at the earliest stage of preparation of new legal proposals in order to improve ~~the~~ budgetary planning in the future and t~~o improve~~heir alignment ~~of budgetary planning~~ with the timing of the related legal acts;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2181(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Agency to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security).

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2181(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed;

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2181(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the agencies of the European Union; calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it.

2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2172(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the important role of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’) in supporting Member States’ criminal investigations; emphasises also the extension of its tasks and its growing role in the prevention and combating of serious crime, including terrorism, across Europe;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2172(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Agency to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security) ; welcomes the cooperation within the JHA Agencies Network chaired by Europol in 2019 to prepare a strategy paper on the future of the EU Security Architecture and the role of JHA agencies;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2172(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Note~~Highlights that the number of operations that Europol supported grew from 1 748 in 2018 to 1 921 in 2019 (representing an increase of 9,89 %) and that operational meetings funded by Europol increased from 427 in 2018 to over 500 in 2019 (representing an increase of 17%);

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2172(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2172(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the agencies of the European Union; calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2167(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Ramona STRUGARIU, Malik AZMANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Recalls the conclusions of the first opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the final report of the Committee on Budgetary Control which led to the decision to postpone the granting of discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2019 until these elements have been clarified and properly presented by the Agency, and until the OLAF investigation has been completed; emphasizes that by postponing the discharge, the Parliament has given the Agency an additional six months to respond to the various elements that were developed in the discharge report voted on the 28th April of 2021; is concerned about the resumption of our work in committee and the short period of time after the first vote in plenary;

2021/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2020/2167(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Ramona STRUGARIU, Malik AZMANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with regret the weaknesses detected with respect to the Agency’'s primary activities in support of the fight against irregular immigration and the fight against cross-border crime ~~which are caused by an incomplete implementation of the 2016 mandate and the failure of the Agency to take the measures necessary to adapt its organisation to fully implement that mandate~~; notes that not all of the Agency's responsibilities as a result of its 2016 mandate changes have yet been implemented; notes with concern that the Court identifies a significant risk that the Agency will struggle to carry out the mandate given to it by Regulation (EU) 2019/18962 ; acknowledges the gaps and inconsistencies of the information exchange network and further acknowledges the weaknesses in Member States’ implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 establishing the European border surveillance system (EUROSUR); ~~_________________ 2Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Coun~~notes in particular ongoing issues of data completeness and quality in the data- collection process of Frontex's vulnerability assessment, despite Member States' obligation to provide the information Frontex needs; emphasizes that the Agency has accepted the recommendations made by the Court in its special ~~of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624 (OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1).~~report and that a series of changes are in the process of being implemented or have already been implemented since the release of the report; recalls that Frontex defined 30 actions based on FRaLO Working Group recommendations and that these actions are excepted to be implemented by 31 August 2021 in order to fulfill its mandate;

2021/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2020/2167(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Ramona STRUGARIU, Malik AZMANI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the OLAF investigation into Frontex is still ongoing; notes also that the European Ombudsman’'s inquiry with respect to the Agency’'s complaints mechanism, case OI/5/2020/MHZ, was closed on 15 June 2021, concluding that there were no grounds for further investigation while identifying many areas for improvement in the operation of the Agency; finding, among other things, a regrettable lack of transparency; notes in addition that the Agency’'s management board has closed its investigation on 13 incidents in the Aegean Sea; recalls that Parliament’'s Frontex Scrutiny Working Group has not yet completed its report on the allegations of violations of fundamental rights by the Agency;

2021/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2020/2158(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Deplores the fact that Eurojust was faced with a decrease in its budget from EUR 47 to 44 million (-6.38%) and a slight increase in staff from 238 to 239 (+0.4%) despite an increase in the number of cases to be processed by the agency in recent years and a 17% increase in workload compared to 2018; reminds that the workload is expected to increase further due to the new mandate which entered into force in 20191 ; ~~further recall~~highlights that the number of coordination centres held in 2019 increased from 17 to 20 (+19%), demonstrating the popularity and utility of this operational tool; stresses the essential role that Eurojust plays in the Union security chain and maintains that its budget should match its tasks and priorities in order to enable it to fulfil its mandate; _________________ 1Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2002/187/JHA https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32018 R1727

2021/01/15
Committee: LIBE

2020/2158(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Note~~Regrets that anEurojust has not yet taken the necessary measures despite the Court's outstanding observation from 2018~~, namely,~~ concerning the use of a negotiated procurement procedure ~~is still to be justified;~~, which remains unjustified to date.

2021/01/15
Committee: LIBE

2020/2158(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the agencies of the European Union; calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it;

2021/01/15
Committee: LIBE

2020/2158(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

2021/01/15
Committee: LIBE

2020/2158(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Calls on the Agency to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security).

2021/01/15
Committee: LIBE

2020/2153(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the agency to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improve efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security);

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2153(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Welcomes the cooperation between the Centre and EUROPOL; acknowledges the publication of their third joint report on EU Drug Markets and its supporting digital information package; notes the two new cooperations at institutional level with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in order to implement the New Psychoactive Substances legislation;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2153(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2153(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the Union agencies; calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it.

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2152(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates the role of the Fundamental Rights Agency (‘FRA’ or ‘the Agency’) in helping to ensure that the fundamental rights of people living in the Union are protected; recalls the importance of the Agency in promoting the reflection on the appropriate balance between security and fundamental rights; highlights, in particular, the value of the Agency’s studies and opinions for the development of Union legislation and its commitment to research and reporting all types of discrimination within the Union;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2152(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets that the levels of commitment carry-overs for operational expenditure once again remained high at 60 %~~, which is a lower percentage than in 2018, but still indicates a structural problem~~; notes the decrease of 10% between 2018 and 2019; stresses that this high percentage still indicates a structural problem despite the Agency improvement to better monitor delays between the signature of contracts, deliveries and payments; calls on the Agency to further improve its financial planning and its implementation cycles;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2152(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Welcomes the progress made by the 4.~~ Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed; welcomes the progress made by the Agency in relation to the recommendations of the Court on the introduction of e- tendering; calls on the FRA to step up its efforts regarding the outstanding recommendation on e-submission.

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2152(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the efforts to consolidate the Agency's new organisational structure; welcomes this reorganisation and the achievement of the objective of gender balance in management positions, as set by the Parliament;

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2152(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls on the Agency to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security);

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2152(DEC)

Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Fabienne KELLER, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Malik AZMANI, Ramona STRUGARIU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the agencies of the European Union; calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it.

2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2020/2141(DEC)

Lara WOLTERS, Damian BOESELAGER, Karen MELCHIOR, Daniel FREUND, Claudia GAMON, Svenja HAHN, Irena JOVEVA, Sara CERDAS, Josianne CUTAJAR, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Sven SIMON, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. Stresses the need for the revival of the debating culture in Parliament; welcomes the decision to require members to give speeches from the lectern facing the plenary; believes that the debating culture can also be improved by allowing sufficient time for the exchange of arguments and counter-arguments, for instance by extending the blue card procedure;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Lara WOLTERS, Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ, Damian BOESELAGER, Karen MELCHIOR, Daniel FREUND, Claudia GAMON, Svenja HAHN, Irena JOVEVA, Sara CERDAS, Josianne CUTAJAR, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Sven SIMON, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)

78 a. Notes that teleworking arrangements and remote voting are now part of Parliament’s working arrangements for Members; calls on Parliament’s secretariat to continue facilitating these arrangements for Members on maternity, parental, carers, sick or special leave and explore using the arrangements in the future also, so as to allow Members to both hold meetings in their constituencies as well as with their colleagues in Brussels in what could be ‘hybrid’ weeks;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Lara WOLTERS, Karen MELCHIOR, Damian BOESELAGER, Daniel FREUND, Claudia GAMON, Svenja HAHN, Irena JOVEVA, Sara CERDAS, Josianne CUTAJAR, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Sven SIMON, Brando BENIFEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81

81. Welcomes the development of measures that contribute to a better balancing of professional and private life including the implementation of extended teleworking possibilities for Parliament’s staff and of measures promoting well-being at work; however, highlights the value of physical presence in Parliament; highlights the contribution of teleworking arrangements and remote voting to the further reduction of Parliament’s carbon footprint; stresses the need for Parliament's staff and Members to be provided the opportunity to continue the conduct of so-called hybrid meetings as well as remote voting; calls on the Bureau to continue providing instruments to facilitate these arrangements in future;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2132(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Jana TOOM, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Morten PETERSEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that the Commission’s use of its right of legislative initiative has been neither constructive nor productive in recent years, especially as the Commission too often tailors legislative initiatives to the wishes of the Member States; believes that the same holds true of the frequent use of recast procedures and the lack of proper impact assessment;

2021/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2020/2132(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Jana TOOM, Ramona STRUGARIU, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Morten PETERSEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly ~~recommend~~urges therefore making ~~further~~pro-active use of Parliament’s powers under the Treaties and for a Treaty revision to be considered to give Parliament an enhanced direct right of legislative initiative, as it directly represents the European people and not just national interests, which need to be counter- balanced; deplores the fact that this possibility has been regularly deferred to a future Treaty revision;

2021/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2020/2132(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Jana TOOM, Ramona STRUGARIU, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Morten PETERSEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the European Council has a de facto right of initiative when defining the strategic guidelines for legislative planning within the area of freedom, security and justice, which does not constitute a level playing field between Parliament and the Council; underlines moreover the early influence by the Member States via their participation in numerous Commission advisory bodies; deplores that the Commission withdraws legislative proposals mostly because the Council cannot manage to agree and that this effectively rewards the often obstructionist attitude of the Council to legislative initiatives;

2021/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2020/2132(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Jana TOOM, Ramona STRUGARIU, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Morten PETERSEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers it deeply regrettable that only one-third of Parliament’s legislative and non-legislative initiative procedures can be considered successful, and that most legislative initiative (INL) reports adopted since 2011 did not result in a positive reply from the Commission1 ; considers it regrettable also that the deadlines for the Commission to react to parliamentary resolutions and to come forward with legislative proposals have consistently not been respected; expects the Commission’s response to and implementation of an INL report to be automatic, as pledged by the current Commission President when she sought support from Parliament for her appointment; _________________ 1 ‘The European Parliament’s right of initiative’, Andreas Maurer, University of Innsbruck, Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration Studies and Michael C. Wolf, University of Innsbruck, July 2020, p. 55 and 57.

2021/03/16
Committee: LIBE

2020/2127(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates the importance of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) in providing financial assistance to Member States and regions hit by natural disasters; takes note of the recent revisions made to the instrument; welcomes the recent extension of the EUSF’s scope to major public health emergencies; recalls the increases made to the advance payments of the EUSF, which increased the value of advance payments from 10 % to 25 % of the anticipated financial contribution and the upper limit from EUR 30 million to EUR 100 million;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the number and severity of emergencies is unpredictable; remains concerned about the EUSF’s annual ceiling for the period 2021-2027; regrets that, due to budgetary constraints, countries applying for support as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 will receive under 50 % of the potential aid amountcalls that, for the budgetary period of 2021-2027, the EUSF was merged with the Emergency Aid Reserve in the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR), with a maximum annual ceiling of EUR 1,2 billion; notes that, due to budgetary constraints, countries applying for support as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 will receive under 50 % of the potential aid amount; considers it necessary to monitor the management of SEAR in order to see whether the funding amount and allocation key provided have an effect on the effectiveness of the EUSF, in view of the extension of its scope and the scale;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. SNotes that on average, the time taken to deploy the full grant on the ground is about 1 year; stresses the need for rapid mobilisation of the EUSF; recalls that the effects of disasters and emergencies are often difficult to gauge; calls, therefore, for timely and flexible assessment of eligible expenditure, in line with the principles of sound financial management, as well as hands-on support to Member States, in particular for damage estimation; highlights that effective implementation of the EUSF grant is contingent upon effective governance structures and institutional coordination in the affected Member State; calls on the Commission to ensure the dissemination of good practices with regard to governance and the use of institutional coordination structures in disaster situations;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the curative nature of the EUSF, and therefore the need for effective synergies with other Union policies and programmes, in particular with the European Structural and Investment Funds, the European Green Deal and those supporting disaster prevention and risk management; calls for a revision of the EUSF to ensure that ‘build back better’ is incentivised;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS, Valérie HAYER, Moritz KÖRNER, Olivier CHASTEL, Vlad GHEORGHE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets the lack of visibility of the EUSF, which means the role of the Union is not always clearly demonstrated; regrets that the EUSF Regulation contains neither an obligation to publicise EUSF support nor any reporting requirement on this.; highlights that good practices have been identified in affected Member States for communicating about EUSF support, such as the use of flags and EU logos; calls on the Member States to publicise the EUSF financial assistance and to signal the works and services that will be financed by the EUSF;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2087(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Clotilde ARMAND, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes, while acknowledging that the EUSF is not an instrument for rapid intervention in disaster situations, that aid disbursement has speeded up since the 2014 reform; requests, nevertheless, that the Commission provide technical assistance to the national authorities in the application process, ensure that the assessment of applications is done in a timely manner and accelerate payments;

2020/06/26
Committee: BUDG

2020/2087(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Clotilde ARMAND, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal of 27 May 2020 to increase the maximum annual amount of the EUSF under the next long-term budget to EUR 1 billion (at 2018 prices), which has been Parliament’s position from the outset; questions, however, whether this amount will be sufficient to cover all of the eligible applications in 2020, taking into account the Fund’s widened scope and the rapid evolution of climate change, which makes natural disasters more frequent and unpredictable;

2020/06/26
Committee: BUDG

2020/2087(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Clotilde ARMAND, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Notes the significant potential synergies between the EUSF and other Union funds and policies; asks that these synergies are used to their full extent;

2020/06/26
Committee: BUDG

2020/2087(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Clotilde ARMAND, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Calls on the Commission to step up communication efforts to improve the public awareness of the interventions done with the financing under the EUSF;

2020/06/26
Committee: BUDG

2020/2087(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Clotilde ARMAND, Olivier CHASTEL, Martin HOJSÍK, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Stresses that the awarding, management and implementation of the EUSF grants should be as transparent as possible, and that the grants need to be used in line with the principles of sound financial management.

2020/06/26
Committee: BUDG

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Convention against Corruption;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

- having regard to the agreement establishing the Group of States against corruption;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU); whereas those values are values which are common to the Member States and to which all Member States have freely subscribed; whereas those values are based on objective criteria;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the rule of law has been proclaimed as a basic principle at universal level by the United Nations;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas breaches of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU without proper response and consequences on European level weaken the cohesion of the European project, the rights of all Union citizens and mutual trust among the Member States;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas any monitoring mechanism must closely involve stakeholders active in the protection and promotion of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, including civil society, Council of Europe and United Nations bodies, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, national human rights institutions, national parliaments and local authorities; whereas therefore an adequate European funding is necessary to the civil society particularly through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. emphasises the urgent need for the Union to develop a robust, comprehensive and positive agenda for protecting and reinforcing democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights for all ~~its~~European citizens effectively; insists that the Union must remain a champion of freedom and justice in Europe and the world;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. warns that the Union is facing an unprecedented and escalating crisis of its founding values, which threatens its long- term survival as a democratic peace project; is gravely concerned by the rise and entrenchment of autocratic ~~and illiberal~~ tendencies, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic ~~and~~, the economic recession, and malicious interference, disinformation and diminishing media pluralism as well as corruption and state capture, in several Member States; underlines the dangers of this trend for the cohesion of the Union’s political and legal order, the functioning of its single market, the effectiveness of its common policies and its international credibility;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. rec~~ognise~~alls that so far the Union ~~remains~~and its institutions have been structurally ill- equipped to tackle democratic and rule of law backsliding in the Member States; regrets that the Commission did not consider it necessary to open Article 7 TEU procedures in the case of Hungary despite the emerging signs since 2010; regrets the inability of the Council to make meaningful progress in enforcing Union values in ongoing Article 7 TEU procedures regarding Poland and Hungary; notes with concern the disjointed nature of the Union’s toolkit in that field;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. welcomes the Commission’s work on the Annual Rule of Law Report; welcomes that besides the rule of law, corruption and media freedom is part of the annual assessment; notes, however, that it fails to encompass the most of the areas of democracy and fundamental rights; particularly regrets that the freedom of association and the shrinking space of civil society is not incorporated in the procedure; reiterates the need for a comprehensive monitoring mechanism enshrined in a legal act binding Parliament, the Council and the Commission to a transparent and regularised process, with clearly defined responsibilities, so that the protection and promotion of Union values becomes a permanent and visible part of the Union agenda;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. underlines that the Annual Monitoring Cycle must be comprehensive, objective, impartial, evidence-based and applied equally and fairly to all Member States, contain country- specific recommendations, with clear timelines and targets for implementation, to be followed up in subsequent annual or urgent reports; stresses that failures to implement the recommendations must be targeted and concrete, and linked to ~~concrete~~ Union enforcement measures;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. recalls the indispensable role played by civil society, national human rights institutions and other relevant actors in all stages of the Annual Monitoring Cycle, from providing input to facilitating implementation; points out that the accreditation status of national human rights institutions and the space for civil society may themselves serve as indicators for assessment purposes; considers that national parliaments must hold public debates and adopt positions on the outcome of the monitoring cycle; reiterates its call on the Commission to provide an adequate European funding to the civil society, particularly though the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Fabienne KELLER, Ramona STRUGARIU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Olivier CHASTEL, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Moritz KÖRNER, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. is of the view that, in the long-term, strengthening the Union’s ability to promote and defend its constitutional core will require deepening the European integration and a Treaty change; looks forward to the reflection and conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe in that regard;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2043(INI)

Valérie HAYER, Luis GARICANO, Nils TORVALDS, Fabienne KELLER, Moritz KÖRNER, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Olivier CHASTEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that a carbon border ~~tax~~adjustment mechanism has long been a candidate for a genuine and green source of own revenue for the EU budget and was among the ‘basket’ of preferred options for new own resources taken up in Parliament’s legislative resolution of 16 September1 ; _________________ 1Texts adopted, P9_TA- PROV(2020)0220.

2020/11/17
Committee: BUDG

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas a pure self-regulatory approach of platforms ~~does~~may not provide adequate transparency to public authorities, civil society and users on how platforms address illegal and harmful content; whereas such an approach ~~does~~may not guarantee compliance with fundamental rights;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Stresses that the reform of the current liability regime for digital service providers must be proportionate, must not disadvantage small and medium sized companies, and must not limit innovation, access to information, and freedom of expression.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that illegal content online should be tackled with the same rigour and based on the same legal principles as illegal content offline;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Is convinced that it is solely the task of democratically accountable competent public authorities to decide on the legality of content online.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that digital service providers must only be mandated to take their users’ content offline based on sufficiently substantiated orders by democratically accountable competent public authorities.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is convinced that digital service providers must not retain data for law enforcement purposes unless a targeted retention of an individual user’s data is directly ordered by a democratically accountable competent public authority in line with Union law.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Requests that digital services should to the maximum extent possible be accessible without the need for users to reveal their identity.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Reiterates that digital service providers must respect and enable their users’ right to data portability as laid down in Union law.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on digital service providers to take content offline in a diligent, proportionate and non-discriminatory manner, and with due regard in all circumstances to the fundamental rights of the users and to take into account the fundamental importance of the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society with a view to avoiding the removal of content, which is not illegal. Requests digital service providers, which on their own initiative want to restrict certain legal content of their users, to explore the possibility of labelling rather than taking offline that content, giving users the chance to self- responsibly choose to access that content.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is convinced that digital service providers must not be mandated to apply one Member State’s national restrictions on freedom of speech in another Member State where that restriction does not exist.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls, to this end, for legislative proposals that keep the digital single market open and competitive by requiring digital service providers to apply effective, coherent, transparent and fair procedures and procedural safeguards to remove illegal content in line with European values and law; firmly believes that this should be harmonised within the digital single market;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes, in this regard, that online platforms that are actively hosting or moderating content should bear more, yet proportionate, responsibility for the infrastructure they provide and the content on it; emphasises that this should be achieved without resorting to general monitoring requirements;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that public authorities must not impose any obligation on digital service providers, neither de jure nor de facto, to monitor the information which they transmit or store, nor a general obligation to seek, moderate or filter content indicating illegal activity.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Is convinced that digital service providers must not be required to prevent the upload of illegal content. Believes at the same time, where technologically feasible, based on sufficiently substantiated orders by democratically accountable competent public authorities, and taking full account of the specific context of the content, that digital service providers may be required to execute periodic searches for distinct pieces of content, which, in line with the ECJ Judgment in Case C-18/18, are identical or equivalent to content that a court had already declared unlawful, and to take that content offline.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Highlights that this should include rules on the notice-and-action mechanisms and requirements for platforms to take proac~~Expects digital service providers to establish fair and transparent notivce measures that are proportionate to their scale of reach and operational capacities in order to address the appearance of illegal content on their services; supports a balanced duty-of-care approach and a clear chain of responsibility tochanisms, which empower users to notify the relevant democratically accountable competent public authorities of potentially illegal content. Highlights that this should avoid unnecessary regulatory burdens ~~for the platforms~~ and unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on fundamental rights, including the freedom of expression;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses the need for appropriate safeguards and due process obligations~~, including human oversight and verification,~~ in addition to counter notice procedures, to ensure that ~~removal or blocking decisions~~decisions to take content offline are accurate, well- founded and respect fundamental rights; recalls that the possibility of judicial redress should be made available to satisfy the right to effective remedy, believes that all decisions to take users’ content offline must be subject to human oversight and verification;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports limited liability for content and the country of origin principle, but considers improved coordination for removal requests between national competent authorities to be essential; emphasises that such orders should be subject to legal safeguards in order to prevent abuse and ensure full respect of fundamental rights; stresses that sanctions should apply to those service providers that fail to comply with l~~egitimate~~awful orders;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Requires digital service providers that become aware of alleged illegal content of their users to notify the competent public authorities without undue delay.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Requests Member States and digital service providers to put in place transparent, effective, fair, and expeditious complaint and redress mechanisms to allow users to challenge the taking offline of their content.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Requests Member States to improve access to and the efficiency of their justice and law enforcement systems in relation to determining the illegality of online content and in relation to dispute resolution concerning the taking offline of content, and to consider to this end the establishment of specialised courts and law enforcement units within their national judicial and law enforcement systems.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13d. Believes that neither infrastructure service providers, payment providers, and other companies offering services to digital service providers, nor digital service providers with a direct relationship with the user must be held liable for the content a user on his own initiative uploads or downloads. Believes at the same time that digital service providers, which have a direct relationship with the user who uploaded the illegal content and which have the ability to take distinct pieces of the user’s content offline, must be held liable for failing to expeditiously respond to sufficiently substantiated orders by democratically accountable competent public authorities to take the illegal content offline.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that certain types of legal, yet potentially harmful, content should also be addressed ~~to ensure a fair digital ecosystem~~; expects guidelines to include increased transparency rules on content moderation or political advertising policy to ensure that removals and the blocking of potentially harmful content are ~~limited to the absolute necessary~~avoided;

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on digital service providers to take the necessary measures to identify and label content uploaded by social bots.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Supports the creation of an independent EU body to exercise effective oversight of compliance with the applicable rules; believes that it should enforce procedural safeguards and transparency and provide quick and reliable guidance on contexts in which legal content is to be considered harmful; Calls on the Commission to set up, similarly to the European system of financial supervision (ESFS), a European system of digital services' supervision and to task existing EU agencies and competent national supervisory authorities to audit digital service providers’ internal policies and algorithms with due regard to Union law and in all circumstances to the fundamental rights of the services’ users, taking into account the fundamental importance of non-discrimination and the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society, and without publishing commercially sensitive data. Requests that this European system of digital services' supervision ensures that the rules applicable to digital service providers are adequately implemented and enforced across Member States in order to provide protection for the services’ users and to facilitate a European digital single market.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Requests that digital services providers to the maximum extent possible give their users the possibility to choose which content they want to be presented and in which order.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Requests, based on the principles above, that the Digital Services Act harmonises and replaces the liability measures laid down in the Digital Single Market Copyright Directive, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation.

2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Stresses that the reform ofthe current liability regime for digital service providers must be proportionate, must not disadvantage small and medium sized companies, and must not limit innovation, access to information, and freedom of expression;

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Is convinced that digital service providers must not retain data for law enforcement purposes unless a targeted retention of an individual user’s data is directly ordered by a democratically accountable competent public authority in line with Union law.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Requests that digital services should to the maximum extent possible be accessible without the need for users to reveal their identity;

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Reiterates that digital service providers must respect and enable their users’ right to data portability as laid down in Union law;

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. RIs against any kind of general Internet sign-in system; recommends Commission to work on harmonising the national personal identification sign-ins with a view to creating a single Union sign-in system in order to ensure the protection of personal data and age verification, especially for children, for digital services, which require personal identification or age verification;

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Favours an opt-in over an opt-out system for targeted advertising;

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the potential negative impact of micro-targeted advertising and of assessment of individuals without their consent, especially on minors and other vulnerable groups, by interfering in the private life of individuals, posing questions as to the collection and use of the data used to target said advertising, offering products or services or setting prices; calls therefore on the Commission to introduce a limitation on micro-targeted advertisements without consent, especially on vulnerable groups, and a prohibition on the use of discriminatory practices for the provision of services or products.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission to set up, similarly to the European system of financial supervision (ESFS), a European system of digital services' supervision and to task existing EU agencies and competent national supervisory authorities to audit digital service providers’ internal policies and algorithms with due regard to Union law and in all circumstances to the fundamental rights of the services’ users, taking into account the fundamental importance of non-discrimination and the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society, and without publishing commercially sensitive data; requests that this European system of digital services' supervision ensures that the rules applicable to digital service providers are adequately implemented and enforced across Member States in order to provide protection for the services’ users and to facilitate a European digital single market.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Is convinced that it is solely the task of democratically accountable competent public authorities to decide on the legality of content online.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Stresses that digital service providers must only be mandated to take their users’ content offline based on sufficiently substantiated orders by democratically accountable competent public authorities.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Calls on digital service providers to take content offline in a diligent, proportionate and non-discriminatory manner, and with due regard in all circumstances to the fundamental rights of the users and to take into account the fundamental importance of the freedom of expression and information in an open and democratic society with a view to avoiding the removal of content, which is not illegal; requests digital service providers, which on their own initiative want to restrict certain legal content of their users, to explore the possibility of labelling rather than taking offline that content, giving users the chance to self- responsibly choose to access that content.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5 e. Expects digital service providers to establish fair and transparent notice mechanisms, which empower users to notify the relevant democratically accountable competent public authorities of potentially illegal content.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5 f. Requires digital service providers that become aware of alleged illegal content of their users to notify the competent public authorities without undue delay.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5 g. Requests Member States and digital service providers to put in place transparent, effective, fair, and expeditious complaint and redress mechanisms to allow users to challenge the taking offline of their content.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5 h. Requests Member States to improve access to and the efficiency of their justice and law enforcement systems in relation to determining the illegality of online content and in relation to dispute resolution concerning the taking offline of content, and to consider to this end the establishment of specialised courts and law enforcement units within their national judicial and law enforcement systems.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)

5 i. Believes that neither infrastructure service providers, payment providers, and other companies offering services to digital service providers, nor digital service providers with a direct relationship with the user must be held liable for the content a user on his own initiative uploads or downloads; believes at the same time that digital service providers, which have a direct relationship with the user who uploaded the illegal content and which have the ability to take distinct pieces of the user’s content offline, must be held liable for failing to expeditiously respond to sufficiently substantiated orders by democratically accountable competent public authorities to take the illegal content offline.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)

5 j. Stresses that public authorities must not impose any obligation on digital service providers, neither de jure nor de facto, to monitor the information which they transmit or store, nor a general obligation to seek, moderate or filter content indicating illegal activity.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)

5 k. Is convinced that digital service providers must not be required to prevent the upload of illegal content; believes at the same time, where technologically feasible, based on sufficiently substantiated orders by democratically accountable competent public authorities, and taking full account of the specific context of the content, that digital service providers may be required to execute periodic searches for distinct pieces of content, which, in line with the ECJ Judgment in Case C-18/18, are identical or equivalent to content that a court had already declared unlawful, and to take that content offline.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 l (new)

5 l. Believes that all decisions to take users’ content offline must be subject to human oversight and verification.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 m (new)

5 m. Is convinced that digital service providers must not be mandated to apply one Member State’s national restrictions on freedom of speech in another Member State where that restriction does not exist.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 n (new)

5 n. Calls on digital service providers to take the necessary measures to identify and label content uploaded by social bots.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 o (new)

5 o. Requests that digital services providers to the maximum extent possible give their users the possibility to choose which content they want to be presented and in which order.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2018(INL)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 p (new)

5 p. Requests, based on the principles above, that the Digital Services Act harmonises and replaces the liability measures laid down in the Digital Single Market Copyright Directive, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation.

2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the General Policy Recommendation No. 13 of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas most people with Romani background are deprived of their fundamental human rights in all areas of life;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas deeply rooted, persistent, and structural antyd often institutional and governmental anti-gypsyism continues to exist at all levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas anti-gypsyism has resulted in unacceptable levels of inequality for people with Romani background in the field of housing, schooling, health status, and their social and labour-market situation, which often perpetuate their exclusion and racism against them, and whereas EU Member States do not show determination to break the vicious circle of anti-gypsyism, to safeguard equality and non- discrimination for their citizens with Romani background, and to grant the full enjoyment of their fundamental human rights;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas a ~~Directive~~post-2020 EU Strategic Framework for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the equal participation of local ~~and~~, regional, national and European stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, community members, etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of public policies towards people with Romani background, in the post-2020 context;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk of contracting COVID-19 or of suffering negative economic and societal consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas anti-gypsyist attitudes have been exacerbated during the Covid- 19 pandemic with Romani people being singled out for spreading the virus; whereas there is a critical role of media in decreasing anti-gypsyist attitudes through non-discriminatory coverage of minorities;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas the European Commission’s 2019 report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies recognises that success factors encompass intersectional, cross-sectoral and integrated approaches to tackle multiple discrimination and multi-dimensional exclusion; whereas the report mentions amongst the priorities the need to support Roma access to justice with a focus on victims of multiple discrimination (women, LGBTI, non- citizen Roma), and reinforcing the capacity of equality bodies to deal with discrimination against Roma;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

Gc. whereas expert reports on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies recognise that Roma LGBTI face a range of facets of discrimination: first as people with Romani background, secondly as LGBTI, thirdly as LGBTI persons in Roma communities; whereas some LGBTI people with Romani background may resort to suppressing aspects of their identity as a result;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Considers that people with Romani background belong to one of the minority groups in Europe that face deprivation of their fundamental human rights, they are subject to anti-gypsyism, a specific form of racism and the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite economic prosperity in the EU and despite the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the Cohesion Funds measures introduced in the last decade, the overall situation of the people with Romani background in the EU has stagnated; stresses that progress in the area of education and healthcare has been very limited and in some fields even regressed often due to the lack of political will; therefore calls on the Commission to lead by example and introduce a “Roma mainstreaming policy” in order to integrate the perspective of the people with Romani background at all stages and levels of mainstream policies, programmes and projects particularly the Recovery Plan, the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027, the European Green Deal, the new Common Agricultural Policy, the Just Transition Fund, the New Skills Agenda for Europe, the European Digital Strategy, the SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, and to prevent discrimination at policy areas in the EU policy in general and facilitate affirmative action and active outreach to people with Romani background; calls on the Member States also to follow this path and create policies which help the active inclusion of people with Romani background into our societies;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Commission ~~must develop~~should develop - on the basis of systemic consultations with (pro-) Romani experts and NGOs and the Council of Europe - a proposal for a post- 2020 ~~directive~~EU Strategic Framework for equality and inclusion of people with Romani background in Europe ~~putting the fight against poverty and antigypsyism~~; is of the opinion that this proposal should contain a legislative measure based on Article19 (2) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU as appropriate action to combat discrimination based on ethnic origin and could further develop the prohibition of indirect discrimination and permissibility of positive action with a view to ensuring full equality of people with Romani background in practice; stresses that this Strategic Framework should be putting the fight anti-gypsyism and social exclusion at the forefront; stresses that the new proposal must include clear, realistic and binding objectives, measures and targets for the Member States, a clear timeline and clear and binding progress requirements, as well as success indicators and adequate funding for its implementation; emphasises the need for a robust monitoring and oversight ~~mechanism to ensure effective implementation and appropriate use of funds~~and sanctioning mechanism on European level with the involvement of the Fundamental Rights Agency, the EQUINET, watchdog organisations and other stakeholders from the civil society to ensure effective implementation and appropriate use of funds and to prevent corruption and the misuse of EU funds; is of the opinion that funds are often most effectively spent at local level by local governments and NGOs, therefore calls on the Commission to increase the funds distributed directly to them; notes that equal participation in all domains of public life, political participation, and the language, arts, culture, history and environment of people with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Recovery Plan and the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 EU is firmly linked to the post- 2020EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, its binding targets and their execution by the National Roma Inclusion Strategies;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Reiterates its position and recommendations put forward and adopted in its resolution of 25 October 2017 on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism; since limited action has been taken so far, calls on the Commission to integrate those recommendations into its post-2020 EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, particularly the recommendations relating to anti- gypsyism and truth and reconciliation as these are the cornerstone of building a strong and inclusive society;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU ~~directive~~Strategic Framework for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including concrete, specific, measurable, comparable, achievable, relevant and time- bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities and discrimination and segregation, especially for children from their earliest years; and those with Romani background facing multiple discrimination, such as women and girls, LGBTI persons and people with disabilities;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members from all levels, including those active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making; calls on the Member States to do the same when creating their own post-2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is of the opinion that often the best tool for empowering Roma to fully exercise their fundamental rights is through litigation; calls on the Commission to create a strategic litigation funds under the Rights and Values Programme and provide adequate funding for civil society and human rights defenders in order to achieve systemic change;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Strongly rejects the political narrative and populism to build government policy on inciting anti- gypsyism, exercising scapegoating of Roma and promoting discrimination or segregation both directly and indirectly; is of the opinion that such political actions are against not only the national constitutions but the fundamental values of the EU Treaties as well and the rights provided thereby; therefore calls on the Commission to take immediate action by opening infringement procedures and by addressing such issues in the annual report on the state of rule of law in the relevant Member States;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to tackle anti-gypsyism across the key areas of the proposal for the post-2020 ~~directive~~Framework;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is particularly concerned by the high level of segregation children with Romani background in schools and the discriminatory practice of placing children with a Romani background in schools for children with mental disabilities, which persist in some Member States; urges the Member States concerned to put an end to such practices in accordance with applicable anti- discrimination legislation; reminds that the Commission opened infringement procedures on segregation of children with Romani background in relation to 3 Member States; is of the opinion that the last years have shown no improvement despite the Commission's efforts; therefore calls on the Commission to take further steps and refer these cases to the European Court of Justice if necessary;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Is of the opinion that COVID-19 extorted the active use of info communication techniques (ICT) and methods, however the pandemic revealed insufficient preparedness in digital transformation as families with Romani background and their schools were not equipped adequate ICT tools and skills and families with Romani background are often unable to afford electricity and digital connectedness, therefore they cannot effectively participate in distant learning educational as the majority population; considers that the possession of an ICT device is the turnkey point into digital education, therefore urges the Commission to create a pool ICT tools similarly to the RescEU or within the RescEU framework and distribute it among the most vulnerable families and children to provide them with the basic tools for distant learning and prepare them for the digital age; considers that access to internet and ICT skills are a cornerstone of the forthcoming digital age for every citizen and as such it is essential the empowerment of people with Romani background as well; therefore calls on the Commission to examine the possibility to introduce the right to internet access as a fundamental right within the EU and include it to the post-2020 Framework; calls on the Member States to add ICT skills into their curriculum from an early age;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Member States to improve their data collection methods to provide reliable actual and comparable data as they support effective evidence- based policies and can contribute to improving the effectiveness of strategies, actions and measures taken, and to identifying structural problems;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the effective independence, the mandate and the necessary resources of the equality bodies for enabling them to carry out their tasks in the promotion of equal treatment and protection of fundamental rights also of people with Romani background; is of the opinion that equality bodies are the right institutions to collect data and draw trends on anti-gypsyism and to channel it to the European level;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Acknowledges that the path to successful inclusion of children with Romani background requires not only compulsory (high-quality and non- segregated) school education but also early childhood education and equal access to extracurricular activities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate funding to NGOs which provide such activities as these activities are crucial to create an environment and conditions where children from all backgrounds have equal opportunities; considers that the exchange of good practices between Member States is also crucial in this field;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Olivier CHASTEL, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Draws attention to discriminatory practices and cases of violence by the police against people with Romani background in Member States; calls on the Member States adopt Guidelines and develop trainings to the police forces against disproportionate criminalisation of people with Romani background, over- policing (ethnic profiling, excessive stop- and-search procedures, uncalled-for raids on Romani settlements, arbitrary seizure and destruction of property, excessive use of force during arrests, assaults, threats, humiliating treatment, physical abuse, and the denial of rights during police interrogation and custody) and in under- policing of crimes committed against people with Romani background, providing little or no assistance, protection (such as in cases of trafficking and for victims of domestic violence) or investigation in cases of crimes reported by people with Romani background (hate crimes in particular); calls on the Member States concerned to ensure that full investigation of such cases police and particularly where violence and brutality involved; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate remedies;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/1998(BUD)