Activities of Saskia BRICMONT related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section III – Commission
Amendments (2)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes the important amount of legislative proposals on justice and home affairs published in 2021; regrets the lack of previous impact assessment including on fundamental rights on many of those proposals; notes that proposals on justice and home affairs continue to prominently feature in the Commission work programmes; reminds the European Commission of the necessity to ensure that every published proposal on justice and home affairs is accompanied by an impact assessment including on fundamental rights;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes with concern that the Commission has funded projects for the development and deployment of intrusive surveillance technologies in African states via its development aid fund EU Emergency Trust Fund (EUTFA); deeply regrets that this funding has been provided without any human rights impact assessment framework, and that adequate monitoring mechanisms for this kind on funded projects are currently lacking; notes with concern the potential risks for fundamental rights and civil liberties deriving from the use of EU- funded surveillance technologies by third countries; calls on the Commission to stop using development aid funds to develop third countries’ surveillance capabilities; reinstate the need for systematic fundamental rights impact assessment of all EU development aid projects, and calls for the establishment of rigorous control mechanisms to monitor their implementation;