466 Amendments of Mounir SATOURI
Amendment 355 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the political and financial support the EU has given to the International Criminal Court (ICC), including the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC, not least throughand praises the launch of the ‘civil society led programme 'Global initiative to fight against impunity for international crimes’ offering EUR 20 million of support to the ICC - making justice work’; calls for the EU and its Member States to keep supporting the ICC with the necessary means and resources and to increase this support - including to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims - and to use all instruments at its disposal to strengthen the fight against impunity worldwide; calls on all the Member States to respect the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including the OTP and the Chambers, and to support their work as an independent and impartial international justice institution;
Amendment 360 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the International Court of Justice and the ICC as independent and impartial jurisdictional institutions amid a particularly challenging time for the international justice; notes with deep concern the worrying and rising trend to undermine the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; in particular, condemns in the most critical terms the political attacks, sanctions and other coercive measures introduced or envisaged against the International Criminal Court itself and against its staff; calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to cooperate and work on solutions in order to shield any future sanctions against the ICC institution or against its staff which would threaten the functioning of the Court or even its very existence.
Amendment 32 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that civil society and NGOs play an instrumental role in shaping policies that benefit society and our environment; recalls the commitment of the Commission in its political guidelines to step up its engagement with civil society organisations that have expertise and an important role to play in defending specific societal issues and upholding human rights; urges the Commission to revise its guidelines1a from May 2024 in order to ensure the continuation of the funding of NGO activities, including advocacy, under the LIFE programme; considers that discontinuation of this funding for all NGO activities would seriously undermine the voice of civil society in the public debate and would cause a severe reputational risk for the Commission; _________________ 1a Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy
Amendment 23 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Recital E
E. whereas national enforcement authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections, struggle to effectively enforce national and EU law, especially in cross- border situations; whereas effective enforcement requires structured cooperation and information exchanges between Member States and all relevant stakeholders; whereas national enforcement authorities often lack the necessary resources in order to effectively enforce national and EU law, particularly with regard to cross-border co-operation and enforcement;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Recital F
F. whereas the European Labour Authority (ELA) was established with the aim of facilitating cross-border cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, supporting fair and well- functioning labour markets and welfare systems, fair mobility, effective enforcement and ensuring fair competition in the single market;
Amendment 32 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Recital G
G. whereas, based on its founding regulation, ELA carries out several tasks: facilitating access to information for individuals, social partners and employers on labour mobility, supporting Member States in promoting cross-border job matching and coordinating the European Employment Services (EURES), facilitating cooperation and the exchange of information between Member States, coordinating and supporting concerted and joint inspections, carrying out analyses and risk assessments on issues related to cross- border labour mobility, supporting Member States with capacity building in the field of labour mobility and tackling undeclared work, and mediating disputes between Member States on the application of relevant EU law;
Amendment 46 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Recital J
J. whereas social partners may bring cases to the attention of ELA without the necessity to first exhaust domestic enforcement instances; whereas such cases should lead to joint inspections; whereas the timely, systematic and structural involvement of EU, sectoral and national social partners is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of ELA;
Amendment 54 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Recital K
K. whereas by 1 August 2024, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall assess ELA’s performance in relation to its objectives, mandate and tasks in compliance with Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1149; whereas the evaluation of ELA should, in particular, assess whether there is a need to modify its mandate and the scope of its activities, including the expansion of its scope to cover sector-specific needs; whereas the evaluation should also explore further synergies and opportunities to streamline with other agencies in the area of employment and social policy as well as fundamental rights;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for ELA’s mandate to be substantially strengthened in order to allow it to investigate alleged breaches or non- application of EU law and to initiate and conduct inspections on its own initiative without having to obtain the approval of the Member States concerned; stresses the need to keep national competent authorities informed of any ELA investigation in their jurisdiction and to ensure that national competent authorities provide ELA with any information that it considers necessary for its investigation, without delay;
Amendment 76 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the scope of ELA is limited to the EU acts mentioned in its founding regulation; notes, however, that the authority is often confronted with sector-specific problems and labour mobility issues related to non-EUthird country nationals; calls, therefore, for its scope to be expanded to include non-EUthird country nationals, to better support Member States in the application of relevant EU law and to explicitly take up sector-specific legislation, for example, in the transport sector; to this end, calls on the expansion of the scope of legislation to all EU directives that involve the regulation of working conditions for migrant workers, such as the Seasonal Workers Directive and the Employers Sanctions Directive;
Amendment 84 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to ensure adequate follow-up on concerted and joint inspections supported or facilitated by ELA; calls for effective procedures in order to ensure that detected breaches of national and EU law in the area of labour mobility are properly addressed through administrative or legal procedures in the Member States and should receive dedicated resources in order to be able to effectively pursue cases; underlines that ELA should be able to bring detected breaches in front of a court of the concerned Member State; stresses that cases brought to its attention by social partner organisations shall be thoroughly pursued by ELA; highlights that social partners should be able to request joint or concerted inspections by ELA, should receive information on how ELA is following up on the inspections and should receive a comprehensive justification in the event that the authority rejects a request;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to recognise the added value of cooperating with ELA and to increase resources to ensure that national enforcement authorities have the means and capacity to cooperate with ELA; calls for the need to strengthen the cooperation and participation of Member States with the ELA by moving beyond the voluntary approach and by introducing the comply or explain principle; recalls that national experts seconded by the Member States, including national liaison officers, should help carry out ELA’s tasks and should not be working under the direction or supervision of their Member State; stresses the need to offer EU-level social partners the opportunity to also nominate one liaison officer each;
Amendment 100 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the increase in workers from non-EUthird country countries entering the EU labour market, who often find themselves in precarious working conditionsand living conditions, often depending on their employer for housing; underlines that ELA should be empowered to address the situation of non-EUthird country nationals and that close cooperation with Member States and social partners and other relevant civil society organisations, such as those responsible for housing or migration, is needed in this regard; points out that Member States could benefit from ELA’s ability to provide a clear overview of the migration flows of non-EUthird country workers; stresses that ELA should be able to collect and access data related to non-EUthird country nationals and support Member States to better enforce existing labour mobility legislation for the non-EU nationals working in the single marketand other labour migration instruments, such as the Seasonal Workers Directive and Employer’s Sanctions Directive, for the third country nationals working in the single market; deeply regrets that there is a complete absence of support services, such as legal, social and psychological counselling, available where the rights of third-country nationals are breached; to this end calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of ELA in this regard as well as to take other necessary legislative initiatives; further regrets the inadequate enforcement of the rights of third-country nationals due to the absence of firewalls between labour inspectorates and immigration authorities; calls for need to specify that ELA’s tasks extend to tackling this challenge in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2866(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that exploitative and fraudulent practices by international actors and certain abusive corporate practices, such as letterbox companies are not always easy to identify and tackle at national level; is therefore convinced that ELA could provide added value through operational analyses at EU level with a view to better identifying and exposing problematic practices and involved entities; regrets that the current ELA regulation provides neither a sufficient legal basis for conducting operational risk analyses nor any follow-up procedures; recalls that any infringement of EU law, including in the area of labour mobility, should entail investigations and, where appropriate, dissuasive sanctions;
Amendment 16 #
Amendment 18 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) However, the specificities of the occasional road passenger transport sector are not shared by the road freight transport or the regular road passenger transport sector. Occasional road passenger transport is characterised by high seasonality and different lengths of time spent driving which depend on the touristic activities undertaken by passengers. It needs to accommodate unscheduled and impromptu requests from passengers in terms of additional stops and changes of the route or the schedule, wherever feasible. Occasional road passenger transport generallycan sometimes involves less driving time, notably at night, when compared to freight transport or regular bus services . In addition drivers usually sleep in hotels, and seldom drive at night. On the other handHowever, when taking into account the total number of hours work, such as other type of professional driving, there is a significant cumulative impact on driver fatigue and stress. Morevover, drivers during the working time may beare usually subjected to someignificant additional activities, often resulting from interactions with passengersincluding interactions with passengers, cleaning or loading and unloading baggage. These tasks are usually performed during break times leading to high rates of exhaustion and fatigue.
Amendment 20 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The ex post evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 concluded that some of the uniform rules related to minimum breaks and rest periods do not fit the specificities of occasional road passenger transport services. Further assessments undertaken by the Commission in that respect have shown that some of the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on breaks and daily and weekly rest periods are unsuitable and impractical for drivers and operators engaged in the occasional road carriage of passengers, as they have a negative impact on the ability to organise efficient and high-quality occasional passenger services, on the working conditions of drivers, and consequently on road safetyat the expense of the drivers working conditions. Unplanned requests from passengers for additional services during their break and rest time add up to drivers’ fatigue and stress and therefore endanger road safety as well as the health and safety of drivers.
Amendment 21 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Therefore, it is appropriate to adaptstrengthen the requirements on minimum breaks and rest periods to fit, as well, the specific requirements of the occasional road passenger transport services. It is also appropriate to align applicable rules for national and international occasional- passenger transport services by road.
Amendment 22 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) More flexible rRules in the scheduling of the breaks and rest periods of drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services should in no way jeopardise the safety of drivers, road safety, increase the level of fatigue of drivers or lead to a deterioration in working conditions. Such as well as their physical and mental health and safety. Any flexibility should therefore not alter the current rules on the total minimum breaks, on maximum driving periods per day and per week and on the maximum fortnightly driving time.
Amendment 25 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 26 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) More flexibility in the scheduling of breaks for dDrivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services should not prevent those drivers from takinge breaks of the minimum duration necessary to enable them to rest properly. Therefore, it is appropriate to set a minimum duration for each break. Therefore, drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services should be allowed to split their obligatory break into three separate breaks of at least 15 minutes each, in addition to the other possibility of splitting a break.
Amendment 32 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) To ensure that greater flexibility in the scheduling of rest periods of drivers engaged in occasional road passenger transport services is not abused, it is essential to clearly delimit the scope of such flexibility and also to provide for appropriate checks by national competent authorities and the European Labour Authority (ELA). With a view to effective and efficient enforcement, administrative requirements that take full advantage of digital tools should be established. Drivers should therefore be able to postpone the start of their daily rest periods for a maximum period of 1 or 2 hours, in cases where the driving periodtotal working time for that day has not exceeded 5 or 7 hours respectively, and should postpone the start only when carrying out journeys of 8 days or longer. Such flexibility should be further limited to only one of each derogation during the period of the tour. It should be also possible to counter check such circumstances with a printout from the recording equipment or the duty roster, in addition to the tachograph records. n addition to the tachograph records, a digital journey form should be electronically registered prior to the start of an international journey. The digital forms should be accessible in real time during road side checks and be solely used for controls and enforcement. For this purpose the Commission should develop a multilingual interface on the basis of the IMI system to allow operators to upload their digital journey forms. Social partners at Union and national level can play an essential role in improving the enforcement of existing regulations. They should be invited to undertake joint actions, develop guidelines and issue recommendations in this regard. In light of such additional flexibility and increasing driver shortages that can also increase pressure on drivers, the Commission should regularly monitor the impact of this derogation on driver well- being, working conditions in the sector, and road safety.
Amendment 37 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 40 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) N°561/2006
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
For a driver engaged in an occasional passenger service the break referred to in the first paragraph may also be replaced by threewo breaks of at least 125 minutes each, distributed over the driving period referred to in the first paragraph, in such a way as to comply with the first paragraph.;requirement to take an uninterrupted break after a driving period of four and a half hours.
Amendment 45 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1
2a. Provided that road safety isand the health and working conditions of the driver are not thereby jeopardised, a driver engaged in an single occasional passenger service with a duration of at least 8 days may derogate from paragraph 2, first subparagraph, in the following ways:
Amendment 49 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) postponing the regular daily rest period by at most 1 hour, provided that the total accumulated drivworking time for that day has not exceeded 7 hours;
Amendment 53 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2a – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 60 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) N°561/2006
Article 8 – Paragraph 2a– Subparagraph 2
Article 8 – Paragraph 2a– Subparagraph 2
Amendment 63 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) 561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6a – introductory part and point a
Article 8 – paragraph 6a – introductory part and point a
Amendment 65 #
2023/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EC)561/2006
Article 8 – paragraph 6a – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6a – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(b) in paragraph 6a, the introductory phrase and point (a) are replaced by the following:point (da) is inserted: a digital journey form including all features specified in Regulation (EC) N°1073/2009 has been electronically registered prior to the start of the journey
Amendment 328 #
2023/0077(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43a) Electricity should be considered as an essential service, a Common that no one should be deprived of to live with dignity. A basic amount of energy, allowing the basic needs of households linked to health and dignity should be considered as a right and must be allowed freely or through an affordable price. This amount should guarantee adequate warmth, cooling, lighting, and energy to power appliances, that are essential services that underpin a decent standard of living and health1a _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32 020H1563 Commission Recommendation EU 2020/1563 of 14/10/2020 on energy poverty
Amendment 347 #
2023/0077(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) Electricity disconnections should be banned all year long, to protect households' dignity and take into account future heat waves or meteorologic events. It should also be banned and for all types of customers, not only the “vulnerables”, as not being able to pay an energy bill should be a vulnerability criterion in itself. A consumer who is in default of payment and whose energy is cut off is not a bad payer but is a vulnerable consumer who, before being cut off, has reduced his budget for food, leisure or health.
Amendment 348 #
2023/0077(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 b (new)
Recital 52 b (new)
(52b) Power limitation, allowing essential services, should be an alternative to disconnections.
Amendment 1083 #
2023/0077(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2019/944
Article 10 – paragraph 11
Article 10 – paragraph 11
(2a) Article 10 paragraph 11 is replaced by the following : Suppliers shall inform the competent authorities and inform residential customers of the existing support measures before any power reduction. These measures may refer to energy audits, energy consultancy services, alternative payment plans, debt management advice, and do not constitute an extra cost to the customers facing a reduction in power.
Amendment 4 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Daphne Caruana Prize of the European Parliament, established in December 2019 as a tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese anti-corruption investigative journalist and blogger who was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017, and which rewards on a yearly basis outstanding journalism that promotes or defends the core principles and values of the European Union such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, and human rights,
Amendment 6 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the awarding of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Mouratov, respectively from the Philippines and Russia, as a recognition of their outstanding efforts to safeguard freedom of journalists,
Amendment 10 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas every human being has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; whereas this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium and regardless of borders; whereas democracies can only function when citizens have access to independent informationand reliable information and when public authorities are effectively scrutinized by media and other external observers; whereas media freedom and pluralism are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and information; whereas key democratic tasks of the media include strengthening transparency and democratic accountability; whereas journalists play an essential role in promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 14 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a journalist is an individual who, on a professional basis, observes, describes, documents and analyses events, statements, policies and any proposals that could affect society, with the purpose of systematising such information and gathering and analysing facts to inform segments of society or society as a whole; whereas the UN Human Rights Committee, in its general comment No. 34 (2011) has defined journalism as “a function shared by a wide range of actors, including professional full-time reporters and analysts, as well as bloggers and others who engage in forms of self-publication in print, on the Internet or elsewhere”;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas states have obligations to safeguard the fundamental rights associated with journalistsm and media freedom, such as the right to freedom of expression and opinion, the right to respect journalists' correspondance in its various forms, the right to life and the right to personal dignity; whereas international human rights law establishes that the protection of journalists includes preventing all forms of discrimination without distinction of any kind, including race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, and property, birth or other status;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas professional journalistjournalists and other media workers have a mission to provide the public with information on general or specialised topics of interest as responsibly and as objectively as possible; whereas it is important to consider the societal role played by all media workers and support staff, as well as community media workers and so-called citizen journalists;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas recent years have shown a growing pattern of intimidation aimed at silencing journalists, in particular war correspondentsphysical attacks, harassment, including online, and intimidation aimed at silencing and slandering journalists, including those covering conflicts as well as corporate abuse; whereas this is a situation that requires urgent action to uphold the essential role of the independent media in ensuring transparency and accountability for violations by state and non-state actors;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the challenges that journalists encounter in undertaking their work are manifold, including restrictions on movement, such as deportations and denial of access to a country or a particular area, travel bans, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, sexual violence, particularly against female journalists, confiscation of and damage to equipment, information theft, illegal surveillance and office break- ins, intimidation, harassment of family members, death threats, stigmatisation and smear campaigns to discredit journalists, abusive legal proceedings, abductions, enforced disappearances, killings and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2057(INI)
H. whereas technological innovation has increased the capacity of individuals, governments and other bodies to spy on journalistgovernments, corporate actors, individuals, and other bodies to spy on journalists, violate their right to privacy and their right to the confidentiality of their sources, compromise their digital security and force censorship upon them; whereas such attacks may include collecting data illegally or against international human rights law and privacy standards, compromising journalists’ accounts, locking them out of their accounts, subjecting them to intrusive malware, targeting them with hateful and violent content and gathering and publishing personal information about them online; whereas surveillance and digital threats are having a negative impact on press freedom worldwide and limit journalists’ ability to investigate and report;
Amendment 54 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2022, 66 journalists were killed and 64 were reported missing; whereas according to Reporters Without Borders, 533 journalists are currently detained for carrying out their journalistic activity;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas media capture, a lack of institutional transparency, hate speech and disinformation are increasingly being exploited for political and economic purposes to intensify social polarisation or to pursue private economic interests;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Q a. whereas well-funded and strong public media service are guarantors of democratic societies; whereas, however, public service media and its journalists have been facing a number of growing challenges, including political and market pressure, as well as cuts in government spending, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas in severalmany countries, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are used by political and financial actors for the purpose of silencing critical voices or scaring journalists into halting investigations into corruption and other matters of public interest; whereas this is especially common in countries with defamation or libel laws that are easier to abuse; whereas third countries or their proxies are engaged in SLAPPs against European journalists within EU national jurisdictions;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
V a. whereas a growing number of European journalists are forced to travel to conflict zones without insurance as the inscurance companies refuse to cover their stay;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that every human being has the right to freedom of opinion and expression and that this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium and regardless of borders; recalls the essential role that journalists play in promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms, notably through scrutinising the activities of public authorities and elected officials;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the essential role played by political and investigative journalists in fighting against human rights violations by performing their role as watchdogs for democracy and the rule of law through the collection of reliable and relevant information, thereby exposing state repressionviolations of national and international law, state repression, financial and corporate crimes, corruption, criminal networks and all kind of human rights abuses and environmental crimes and damages, which ensures the necessary checks and balances to hold persons in power to account; highlights the fact that these activities put journalists at increased personal risk;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its continued deep concern about the state of media freedom in the word in the context of the abuses and attacks still being perpetrated against journalists and media workers in many countries, as well as the growing denigration of them in public, which particularly impacts political, investigative and cross-border journalism; Expresses particular concern for the situation of media organisations, journalists and professional organisations in North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Egypt, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, which are classified by the NGO Reporters Without Borders as the worst situations worldwide;
Amendment 114 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Agrees with the recent joint statement by High Representative Josep Borrell and Vice-President Vera Jourova on the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists, highighting that "work needs to start at home"; in this regard, highlights with deep concern that the number of threats and attacks against journalists within the EU has been on the rise in the past years, including assassinations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their work in support of the protection of journalists, including within the European Union, also with a view of strengthening the EU's credibility when engaging with third countries on press freedom;
Amendment 123 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Deplores the fact that journalists and other media workers often work in precarious conditions, which compromises their ability to work in a safe and enabling environment; stresses that adequate working conditions for journalists and media workers are crucial to fostering high-quality journalism, allowing journalists to fulfil their missions and upholding the right to information and the right to be informed; stresses in this regard the need for adequate funding of the media;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need to pay particular attention to satire and humour, which are used by pressobligation to protect freedom of expression, including for satirists and cartoonists toas they promote democratic values, defend human rights and fundamental freedoms and protest against crime, religious bigotry, corruption and abuses of power, and which are used in evidencing and combating censorship and human rights violations;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Denounces the growing use of surveillance equipment to monitor, intercept and censor the work of journalists; condemns the involvement of States and private actors in this illicit surveillance, which among others violates the right to privacy and the protection of the sources of journalists; calls for a moratorium on the export of cyber- surveillance tools from the EU Member States to third countries; calls for all allegations of surveillance of journalists to be independently investigated and prosecuted, and for the perpetrators to be held accountable;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the absence of reliable data on the situation of journalists facing hostile working environments; pays tribute to organisations such as Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Frontline, the International Federation of Journalists and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, to name but a few, for their support for journalists and media workers in situations of danger that could threaten their security and well-being; calls on the Commission to develop holistic and sophisticated methodologies to seek ways of capturing data over longer periods time and for different types of violations against journalists; asks for effective monitoring toolkits to be developed and for the EEAS to report annually to Parliament on the global state of media freedom and violations of the rights of journalists worldwide;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the attempts by public authorities and actors from the private sector to silence independent media or undermine their freedom and pluralism; warns against practices that indirectly subdue such media by means of financial patronage and condemns, in particular, attempts to control media public service; expresses serious concern about monopolistic and oligopolistic practices related to media ownership and recalls that, as stated by the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, concentration of media ownership is a practice that runs counter to democracy and pluralism, as it impedes the diverse expression of the various sectors of society;
Amendment 147 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Condemns the use of SLAPPs to silence or intimidate journalists and outlets, including by the authorities of third countries against EU-based journalists and media, and to create a climate of fear to suppress their reporting; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission proposal for a directive against SLAPPs targeting journalists in the EU, and; calls for this legislation to adequately cover the external dimension of SLAPPs in order to protect EU-based journalists or human rights defenders from abusive lawsuits initiated by authorities from third countries or their proxies; asks the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to encourage third countries, prinespecipally like-minded partners who have not yet done so, to take similar initiative at national level and to engage on this matter at international level;
Amendment 154 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes actions aiming to raise awareness about the full range of EU and other international protection mechanisms and tools that can be urgently deployed in support of journalists in danger that are already available to EU/UN staff, organisations devoted to the protection of journalists and civil society organisations (CSOs); calls for a substantial increase in the funding of these protection mechanisms and tools by the EU and the Member States;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists on enhancing collaboration between online platforms and law enforcement authorities so as to effectively address the spread of messages that incite hatred or instigate violence towards journalists and media workers, taking into account the fact that women are particularly targeted; stresses the importance ofcalls on platforms to promptly removinge online comments or reactions that undermine the safety of journalists in order to curb their uncontrolled spreadand calls for holding the authors of these comments accountable;
Amendment 172 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls for the strict enforcement and monitoring of the EU dual-use goods regulation and ensure that no EU export can be made which enables authoritarian regimes to target or attack journalists;
Amendment 174 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to always weigh the option of voiced public action against silent diplomacy; highlights the importance of building civil society’s understanding of the EU delegations’ modus operandi in the interest of human rights; highlights the importance of greater transparency of the EU delegations’ modus operandi and for journalists and other media professionals to be actively included in the monitoring and policy development by the EU delegations and EEAS and Commission services in relation to media freedom; encourages, in this regard, the EU delegations to make, to the extent possible, more public statements, both pre-emptively and in response to serious violations of or restrictions on the right to the freedom of opinion and expression; calls on EU Delegations and Member States' missions to prioritise robust and public action in cases of attacks and detention of journalists in third countries;
Amendment 176 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Denounces the unrelented persecution of Julian Assange for his invaluable contribution to exposing war crimes and to promoting transparency and accountability of State actors; condemns his continued detention in the United Kingdom; warns against his extradition to the USA where he risks being exposed to further, serious human rights violations, and calls on the British authorities to immediately release him; calls on the US authorities to drop the espionage and all other charges against him that relate to his publishing activities as part of his work with Wikileaks; holds that the public interest of certain information under secrecy provisions may outweigh the interests of secrecy and justify its disclosure; expresses its fullest admiration and support to whistleblowers and their publishers exposing abuse around the world;
Amendment 177 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EEAS to establish an urgency response plan to be followed by the EU delegations with a range of protective tools, such as the issuing of statements, coordinating trial monitoring, conducting prison visits, visiting the homes or offices of at-risk journalists, raising cases urgently with the authorities, using bilateral dialogues to raise press freedom concerns, facilitating rest and respite opportunities for at-risk or traumatised journalists, supporting temporary relocation and/or evacuation, providing physical accompaniment in extreme situations, and seeking to advocate and build the capacity of local law enforcement, judicial and governmental authorities to protect journalists, including by pushing for full accountability for abuses of press freedom; calls for particular attention to be paid to journalists held hostage as well as to the protection of family members of targeted journalists;
Amendment 188 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses that visas are a key tool to access the territory of the Member States in a safe manner and that, in order to effectively assist journalists at risk, the Commission should take a proactive role towards the establishment of an EU-wide scheme for issuing short-term visas for such media professionals; underlines the need for Member States to make visa requirements and conditions less stringent for journalists in need of emergency evacuation; calls on Member States to raise the level of awareness among officials in relation to the particular needs and challenges of applications by journalists;
Amendment 192 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. CRecalls the centrality of the human rights clause in the EU's bilateral agreements; calls for particular attention to be given to serious violations of the rights of journalists in the activation and application of this clause; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sustainable measures in all their agreements and partnerships with third countries aimed at financing and supporting media pluralism and independent journalism; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to allocate funds to that end, including by increasing the allocation for the human rights and democracy thematic programme of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI); in this respect, urges the Commission to pay particular attention to encouraging and supporting third countries to adopt laws or review and revise existing ones, relating to freedom of expression online and offline in order to ensure their alignment with international standards, such as the repeal of legislation that allows to criminalise the work of journalists; also calls for EU support to build the capacity of national jurisdictions and law enforcement bodies in ensuring that all attacks against journalists are investigated and prosecuted and that adequate protection mechanisms are in place;
Amendment 195 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that EU funding programmes are known and accessible to local CSOs active on journalist safety and freedom of expression and, when appropriate, to encourage and support them to apply to such programmes and to play a lead roleassist CSOs in shaping and implementing relevant projects; underlines the need to ensure a balance between EU funding for projects to promote journalist safety and to support media development, in line with the NDICI’s thematic programme on human rights and democracy and its multiannual indicative programming and related indicators; reiterates its call to simplify the application process in order to making it less bureaucratic;
Amendment 199 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission to propose the creation of an EU insurance scheme dedicated to insuring European journalists travelling to conflict zones;
Amendment 200 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly encourages increasing support for funding programmes, statements and public events aimed at enhancing monitoring and protection mechanisms of the UN andlevel and that of regional human rights mechanisms, including the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, in consultation with journalists and CSOs supporting journalists; welcomes the work of the UN special procedures in addressing threats against journalists, including that of the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, among others her recommendation to create an international task force on the prevention, investigation and prosecution of attacks on journalists;
Amendment 202 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Welcomes the Partnership on Information and Democracy gathering 50 States from all regions, which calls for the establishment of democratic safeguards in the communication and information space and recognises the right to reliable information; supports the implementation of the Partnership on Information and Democracy’s recommendations in order to inform EU action in support of partner countries in this field;
Amendment 206 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Calls on private sector companies, notably in the digital sector, to conduct effective and thorough due diligence to prevent or mitigate any adverse impact on freedom of expression, media pluralism and rights of journalists resulting from their operations, products or services;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, ‘Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development’, of the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015,
Amendment 21 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) and the related European Union protocols and decisions,
Amendment 22 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to the Ministerial Declaration of the Mediterranean coastal states, MedFish4Ever, adopted in Valletta, Malta, on 30 March 2017,
Amendment 32 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, on 9 February 2021, the Commission and the Commission Vice- President / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) endorsed a joint communication for an ambitious and renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood including a new agenda for the Mediterranean and an accompanying economic and investment plan focusing on, inter alia five priorities, namely: human development, good governance and the rule of law; resilience, prosperity and the digital transition,; peace and security,; migration and mobility, as well as the green transition; climate resilience, energy and the environment;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the new Agenda for the Mediterranean is supposed to inform the preparation of bilateral political frameworks, which can be Joint documents, Partnership priorities or equivalent, establishing jointly agreed political and economic reform agendas and related implementing tools;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the coherence of Member States’ policies with the Southern Neighbourhood policy is essential for the EU to achieve its foreign policy objectives in the region;
Amendment 42 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Southern Neighbourhood should not be seen in a vacuum, but in close correlation with the Easterbroader European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as defined in the 2015 ENP Review, and an overall reflection on how to pursue closer and balanced relations between the EU and its neighbours; whereas both the EU’s Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods are strategic for the EU in that they can ensure shorter and, therefore, more secure and more effectivepromote human rights and democratic reforms and ensure a more secure and effective space for economic relations and investment, including shorter and mutually beneficial supply lines; whereas the EU should pursue a common regulatory and reformist space that includes its Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods, and therefore ensures access for its neighbouring countries to the highest policy, anti- corruption and human rights standards, which are multipliers of economic investment and economic growth;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Euro-Mediterranean area of prosperity, stability and peace has yet to materialise; whereas according to the World Bank Governance Index the situation in terms of governance, rule of law and human rights in the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood has not improved in respect to pre-2011; whereas the European Commission´s 2015 ENP review redirected the focus of the policy away from democratic transformation towards a securitized approach focusing on counter-terrorism and migration management; whereas democracy, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law are essential for prosperity, stability and peace and should be at the heart of the EU´s policy towards the Southern Neighbourhood;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the war in Ukraine has underlined the threat posed by third countries that seek political and economic hegemony in the EU’s neighbourhood to the detriment of the democratic aspirations and territorial integrity of target countries; whereas Russia, China and Iran are allregional powers are seeking to increase their capacity to exercise political and/or economic hegemony in certain Southern Neighbourhood countries and, therefore, the EU’s and the Southern Neighbourhood countries’ capacity- building for fighting disinformation and promoting freedom of the press is crucial; whereas the EU should reaffirm its role as the primary political, economic and democratic anchor for the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood, freedoms of association and assembly is crucial;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the war in Ukraine and the resulting need to further diversifyincrease the EU’s energy supplovereignty have shown the essential role of the Southern Neighbourhood in sbecuroming sufficient gas and oil supplies to the EU with mutual benefits for both the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries; whereas the discovery of relevant natural gas reservcrucial partners in achieving the European Green Deal; whereas the abundance of renewable energy sources in the Scouthern and Eastern Mediterraneanntries of the Southern Neighbourhood provides a unique opportunity for economic development in the countries concerned; whereas these gas reserves equally provide an important opportunity for partnership, investment and theclean energy cooperation with the EU, including hydrogen from renewable sources of energy; whereas such energy cooperation allows for sharing of know-how between the countries of the Southern Mediterranean and the EU and its Member States ; whereas the Southern Neighbourhood is therefore not only essential for reasons of regional security and stability, but also as a primary partner for access to energy sources, including renewablenergy cooperation; whereas true partnership with mutual benefits, notably for people in the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood is key to guarantee their access to renewable, affordable and local energy in an inclusive way; whereas, because of their historical emissions, EU Member States have a carbon debt towards developing countries;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas low-and middle-income countries host 85% of the world's refugees, with 73% hosted in neighbouring countries and more than 1.9 million refugees currently hosted in the Southern Neighbourhood; whereas 6.8 million Syrians are displaced across borders and Syria continues to represent the first country of origin of the world's refugees;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas more than 218.000 refugees in the Southern Neighbourhood are estimated to be in need of resettlement, while EU refugee resettlement has decreased since 2016 and only 7,263 refugees were resettled from the Southern Neighbourhood to the EU in 2021;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the effects of climate change are due to provoke further displacement for populations living in the Middle East and North Africa;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas security and, stability, democracy and the respect of human rights in the Southern Neighbourhood are closely correlated with the prospects for real socioeconomic integration of women and youthopen spaces for citizens and independent civil society to share ideas and opinions freely, including criticism of their governments without fear of reprisal, and with real socioeconomic integration of women, youth and discriminated groups such as LGBTQI+ persons and religious, cultural and ethnic minorities and their capacity to access education, vocational training, employment and adequate longer- term professional development;
Amendment 90 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) continues to contribute to regional stability and peace in a region affected by conflicts; whereas underfunding recurrently jeopardizes its work which is yet key for the human development and humanitarian support of some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees, whose needs continue to grow;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the Mediterranean Sea is a common good to be protected, and whereas its current environmental status is worrying, mainly as a result of overfishing; whereas the situation of many stocks remains critical as more than 80 % of scientifically assessed stocks are exploited above maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels which is having negative repercussions for the industry and the marine environment as a whole; whereas stocks depletion and marine biodiversity erosion is threatening food security of coastal communities, jobs and incomes throughout the artisanal fisheries value chain;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas according to the FAO almost one in three people in the Arab world, to which 9 out of 10 Southern Neighbourhood countries belong, did not have access to adequate food in 2020; an increase of 10 million people in just one year; whereas this number will likely increase, notably due to the repercussions of the war in Ukraine;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2007(INI)
(a) Secure adequate resources for timely and effective implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean based on the objectives and priorities jointly determined with Southern Neighbourhood partner countries, building on valuable synergies through the programming of the external action for the region under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and pursuing close coordination with Member State programming as well as facilitating as much as possible opportunities for blending through partnerships betweentransparent cooperation with the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other relevant international financial institutions; takes the view that the new agenda for the Mediterranean can introduce a positive conditionality under which active EU support for a closer and effective policy interface with Southern Neighbourhood countries can lead to further partnerships and convergence on other policy priorities for the benefit of both the EU and Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls, in this regard, the importance of ensuring EU visibility in all EU financial resources allocated to the region directly or indirectly through partnership with the UN or other international organis, including on the first stated priorities dealing with human development, good governance and the rule of law for the benefit of both the EU and Southern Neighbourhood countries and their populations;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Develop and conclude Joint documents or Partnership priorities as a matter of priority to replace the previous documents, building on the five key priorities of the agenda of the Mediterranean, in particular the one on human development, good governance and the rule of law;
Amendment 109 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Address, as a matter of priority, the impact of the war in Ukraine on certain Southern Neighbourhood countries in terms of food security, with particular reference to countries most vulnerable because of their population size, dependence on food imports, lack of social security or economic model; asks the Commission to engage with Parliament on ways to ensure food security for countries in the Southern Mediterranean that face difficulties in this regard and devise a robust policy and assistance response for this purpose without further delay, also building on the Food and Resilience Facility in order to address food security in the regsupporting sustainable local agricultural systems, less input-intensive and more climate relevant agricultural practices notably based on the Food and Resilience Facility, as well as support efforts to roll out universal social protection;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Implement under the NDICI, as a matter of priority, strategies to alleviate poverty and strategies and dedicated programming for broader youth access to education, vocational training, higher education together with adequate funding for access to education; recalls that youth migration, whether regular or irregular, and professional brain drain are a matter of serious concern to our partners in the region, as well as a serious threat to the longer-term capacity for economic growth and economic viability of Southern Neighbourhood countries; stresses the importance of expanding access to the Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes for participants from Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls the importance of circular mobility, including South-to-South exchanges and mobility partnerships, so that professionals from Southern Neighbourhood countries can have concrete opportunities to further their professional training in the EU and return to their country of origin to share and build knowledge;and skills in the EU; increase the participation of students from Southern neighbours in Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes, including those who fled Ukraine, and increase the funding for such exchanges; prevent these policies to impact negatively Southern neighbours through the phenomenon of brain drain, recalls the importance of mainstreaming the socioeconomic integration of women in the region and of gender equality in all EU policies areas whenever possible; stresses the importance of targeted EU support for women with the objective of improving their access to education, training and employment and, more generally, promoting equal professional and socioeconomic opportunities;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Calls for a more coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration between the EU and its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood, taking into account the importance of addressing the root causes of forced displacement; encourages to build mutually beneficial and comprehensive partnerships which include mobility partnerships and visa liberalisation; underlines that those actions need to be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights and refugee law, Union and national competences, and should be in line with principles enshrined in the Global Compacts on Refugees and on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; denounces well-documented, systematic human rights violations on migratory routes towards the EU, including at international border crossings in the Southern Neighbourhood, calls for the EU to focus its foreign policy efforts on human security and access to safe migratory routes rather than exporting border protection practices and making cooperation conditional on readmission;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) Urges the Member States to increase resettlement places for refugees as a concrete demonstration of international solidarity; calls for continued engagement with Southern Neighbourhood partners to ensure durable solutions for refugees, including through social and economic inclusion in the region;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(c c) Notes with grave concern the multiple reports of severe human rights abuses committed against migrants in Libya; calls for an immediate end to EU funding for the training and activities of the Libyan coastguard, strongly rejects any classification of such funding as life- saving humanitarian assistance;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 149 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) Tackle the obstacles to the process of rebuilding fish stocks with a view to applying and fully implementing the current EU legislation and recommendations by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and taking practical steps to rebuild fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea, to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status in the marine environment, including through prohibiting all environmentally damaging extractive industrial activities such as mining and fossil fuel extraction in marine protected areas;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Prepare an analysis of the positive role whichthat the Southern Neighbourhood countries can play in the EU’s strategy ofd the EU can play in reducing itstheir carbon emissions, and the contribution of these countries to the EU’s strategy ofefforts they can undertake jointly in diversifying itstheir energy resources and increasing itstheir energy supply from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) Pursue an active EU role in facilitating dialogue and cooperation among all the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean that have relevant natural gas reservesin the field of energy , promoting, where necessary, the capacity for understanding and final settlements on maritime border demarcationdialogue, and further promoting theany necessary interconnection capacity between countries in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean that produce natural gas and the European Union, through relevant EU hubsand the European Union, and considering, in particular, adequate pipeline, harbour and regasification infrastructures and technology both in the EU and in Southern Neighbourhood countries for the benefit of all producer countries and all Member States;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Build on the very positive experience of some Member States in supporting start-up companies and further advancing their work through dedicated incubators or accelerators, especially in key sectors such as health, renewable energy and education; takes the view that the EU should set up incubators or accelerators in relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries, support the creation of local start-up companies, and increase their digital and green capacities; concurs on the importance of further improving the digital infrastructure of relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries and including these countries in the EU’s digital agenda; points out that this is a prerequisite for economic development, socioeconomic integration and wider access to education; recalls the importance of close policy dialogue and cooperation between the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries to develop adequate cybersecurity policies and partnership in international forums on cybersecurity standards; takes the view that the EU should build on the StratCom Task Force South and develop a concrete strategy for combating disinformation in our Southern Neighbourhood countries, aiming to counter fake news and propaganda in order to reinforce human rights democracy and stability; calls on the EU to urge governments of Southern and Eastern neighbours to allow unfettered access to internet and freedom of expression of dissent voices without fear of reprisals; calls on the governments of Southern and Eastern Neighbours to respect and protect freedom of expression and its corollaries freedom of information and press freedom both online and offline; calls on the EU to finance programs in support of freedom of expression and privacy, access and ethics on the internet;
Amendment 190 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) Promote regional, sub-regional and bilateral integration in the Southern Mediterranean, in particular with a view to the removal of any border, transport or trade barriers between the countries of the region and between them and the EU, and actively promoting closer links and partnerships; takes the view that the recent Negev Foreign Ministers summit in Sde Boker attests to the potential for regional integration and peace, for instance regarding visa facilitation without linking it to migration management; takes the view that that the EU should advance dialogue and cooperation in the region ion the framework of the Abraham Accords; welcomes the intention of holding this summit annually and calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to use the positive momentumsupport for the Middle East Peace process and the two- state solution; continue to support, both politically and financially, the work of relevant UN bodies such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), also in view of the vote ofn the Abraham Accords to advance dialogue andrenewal of its mandate by the UN General Assembly in 2022; ensure coompernsation infor the region on support for the Middle East Peace process demolition of EU-funded structures in the occupied Palestiniand the two- state solutionerritories by Israel;
Amendment 204 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) Implement the new agenda for the Mediterranean through dedicated dialogue and consultation with local and regional authorities, as well as independent civil society, including in the run-up to the COP 27 in Cairo; reinforce the links between EU Delegations and the Euro- Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM); recalls that these are important drivers for development and are closer to the people, so that implementation strategies can reach all communities, including those most disadvantaged geographically or in socioeconomic terms, and human rights defenders, the rule of law, good governance and democratic reforms;
Amendment 207 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) Calls on the European Commission to incentivise and assist reform through the Southern Neighbourhood Policy in the fields of democracy, rule of law and human rights, good governance and anti-corruption for the benefit of the people and stability in the region;
Amendment 210 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) Ensure that EU and Member States action within the Southern Partnership framework is fully consistent with EU sanctions, including those that may be adopted under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime and a future sanctions regime dedicated to addressing serious acts of corruption;
Amendment 211 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) Present annual updates on the implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean, with particular regard to the disbursement of financial resources made available for the Economic and Investment Plan; takes the view that the Commission and the VP/HR should regularly consult Parliament on the annual and multi-annual programming related to the implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean and the Economic and Investment Plan, and that they should regularly brief Parliament on the state of play of the new agenda for the Mediterranean, especially the implementation of its five priorities and the conclusion and fulfilment of joint document and partnership priorities, and inform it about the implementation of Parliament recommendations in all EU policies areas, as well as on additional projects and programmes that will boost the EU’s partnership capacity with Southern Neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) Ensure a positive link between the new agenda for the Mediterranean and the capacity of the EU and its Member States to build a coalition of like-minded countries to support a rules-based, effective multilateral system capable of boosting the capacity of the international community to address global challenges; reiterates its view that the new agenda for the Mediterranean should include dialogue on the value for Southern Neighbourhood countries converging with the EU not only on policy dialogue, human rights, stability and economic growth, but also on the capacity to promote peace and stability, democratic values and human rights in the UN system and relevant multilateral forums;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 161 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
2021/2247(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Notes with concern the unavailability of hormone therapy for trans people in state health institutions and private pharmacies; is aware that this is a consequence of shortage of medicines caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but calls on the responsible authorities to provide a response that ensures trans persons’ access to health, respecting their physical and mental integrity;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 10 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
— having regard to the report of 16 July 2021 by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation on Risks and impacts of the commodification and financialization of water on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and to his report of 21 July 2020 on Human rights and the privatization of water and sanitation services,
Amendment 34 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the denial of the human right to water has repercussions on enjoyment of the right to health; considering that contaminated water, the inadequate management of urban, industrial and agricultural wastewater and poor sanitation are linked to the transmission of serious diseases and even death; whereas access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene is indispensable for ensuring global resilience to pandemics and other infectious diseases, and to combat the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas water and sanitation services are the cornerstone of public health; whereas availability and access to water, sanitation and hygiene services including for vulnerable or marginalised people is fundamental to fighting COVID- 19;
Amendment 62 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the ongoing climate crisis, with increasing droughts, floods and torrential rains, is exacerbating inequalities in distribution of water; whereas global warming is an important cause of water scarcity; whereas floods and other water- related disasters account for 70% of all deaths linked to natural disasters;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the right to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right, which is in turn fundamental for the development of other rights, and as such must be guided by a logic grounded in the public interest and, common good and global commons;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that states that ratify a human rights treaty undertake to protect, respect and fulfil the commitments adopted in the international, regional and national framework for the protection of these rights; takes the view in this regard that the international community’s recognition of the right to water and sanitation must encompass protection and enforceability arrangements and, therefore, calls on the EU to promote protection mechanisms at international, regional and national level to ensure that upholding the right to water and sanitation is not optional for states but rather an enforceable right; in this regard, welcomes the normative developments at international level in relation to environmental crimes, including ecocide;
Amendment 126 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the EU and Member States to promote the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation and their normative development in multilateral and regional fora, including by supporting the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the EU and Member States to promote international and regional instruments that advance the realisation and prevent violations of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, including through leading by example and ratifying the relevant conventions such as the Protocol on Water and Health and the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes;
Amendment 133 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on EU Delegations and Member States missions to raise issues related to the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation as well as the situation of human rights defenders and NGOs promoting these rights, in their bilateral dialogue with partner countries, notably in the framework of human rights and sectoral dialogues;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Underscores the importance of the recently adopted EU Human Rights Guidelines on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and urges the EU institutions and Member States, notably EU Delegations and missions around the world to implement them in and towards third countries and in multilateral fora; stresses the importance of training EU staff and to regularly report back to Parliament on activities carried out under these Guidelines;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that development models that favour vast projects and large-scale business activities undermine the availability and quality of water in all countries and increase competition for water and exacerbate other water-related conflicts; in this context, expresses particular concern at the significant impact of mega-projects, including infrastructure projects, extractive industries or energy production projects, on the human rights to water and sanitation, notably for indigenous peoples; insists on the importance to ensure that genuine and comprehensive human rights impact assessments, including on water and sanitation, are carried out and that the affected population and civil society groups are consulted in good faith and have provided their free, prior and informed consent prior to the initiation of any mega-project;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 155 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 167 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission, the European External Action Service and the Member States to live up to the EU commitment undertaken in the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders and to monitor and raise individual cases of environmental rights defenders (EHRDs) with partner countries; expects EU Delegations to prioritise their support to EHRDs and to respond systematically and in a robust manner to any threats or attacks against them or their relatives and to report back to Parliament on action taken on such cases; reiterates its call for a coordinated EU-wide scheme for issuing short-term visas for the temporary relocation of HRDs, notably those working to promote and protect environmental rights or indigenous rights, who are particularly under attack;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes with concern that the lack of access to water and adequate sanitation has a devastating effect on women’s rights, making it difficult for women and girls to lead safe and healthy lives; calls on all states to fulfil their commitments under CEDAW and in particular its article 14, which requires of states parties to ensure women from rural areas have the right to enjoy adequate living conditions in relation to inter alia sanitation, and water supply;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that companies worldwide must ensure that their activities do not encroach on the enjoyment of the human right of access to safe drinking water; demands support for the binding treaty being drafted at the United Nations; calls on the EU Delegations and Member States missions in third countries to be particularly vigilant in relation to EU- based companies that deny or undermine the enjoyment of the rights to water and sanitation and to ensure that victims of such violations have access to effective judicial or other appropriate remedies; stresses the importance of establishing grievance mechanisms in this regard;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. In states where water trading markets are used as a water management tool, calls on governments to hold open, inclusive and participative debates to determine whether water trading markets should be abolished or more strictly regulated;
Amendment 229 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. SUnderscores that the privatisation of the water and sanitation sector in a number of countries worldwide has demonstrably failed to guarantee the core elements of the rights to water and sanitation, notably in relation to affordability, quality and availability, and instead has widely brought about inefficiency, corruption and weak accountability; stresses that public provision is the most appropriate model for the exercise of the human rights to water and sanitation; urges states in this regard to engage in a transparent and robust deprivatisation process to improve the effective enjoyment of the human rights to water and sanitation; calls on governments to increase public investments in sustainable water-related infrastructure and to safeguard water as an essential public good;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Council conclusions on youth, peace and security of 7 June 2018 and to Council conclusions on youth in external action of 5 June 2020,
Amendment 3 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP,
Amendment 4 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2018 on autonomous weapon systems,
Amendment 5 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones,
Amendment 6 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
— having regard to the Council's Concept for an Integrated Approach on Climate Change and Security as adopted on 5th October 2021,
Amendment 7 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 f (new)
Citation 2 f (new)
— having regard to the Council's Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of 9 November 2020,
Amendment 45 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 48 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation around the world and a still unstableclimate change, a global wave of authoritarianism, pandemics, disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks, hybrid threats, systematic competition, conventional threats, global criminal networks, and increased militarisation around the world including rising nuclear weapons risks and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) including the use of chemical weapons, and a unstable and partly undemocratic neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the worldnumerous challenges to the Union's foreign, security and defence policy; stresses that the EU and its Member States must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic autonomyits capacity and willingness to decide and act autonomously, if needed, in foreign affairs, security and defence matters;
Amendment 83 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that itshould constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union; n effective European Security Union, including clear and effective decision making on activation, adaptation or strengthening of both civilian and military CSDP tools and advancement towards a reinforced and more integrated cooperation between European armed forces; stresses the urgent need to use the Strategic Compass to develop a clear vision as regards the question of how the Member States want to use CSDP and EPF in the short, medium and long-term and, as a consequence, how relevant civilian and military instruments can be adapted, strengthened or abandoned on the basis of concrete scenarios for possible future CSDP or EPF interventions;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that there is an urgent need to develop a true European Security Union which encompasses all military and civilian security aspects, instruments, budgets and capabilities and the whole cycle of conflict from prevention to post- conflict stabilisation, and which is based on a modern, progressive and strong human security concept which addresses the security demands of EU citizens, local populations and the security and stability of state institutions;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular review, and parliamentary consultation;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner which strengthens and defends a rules-based international system and multilateral cooperation; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherentmmon understanding of future scenarios for intervention, a coherent and effective defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when international peace, security and stability are challenged abroad, and when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens;
Amendment 144 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a new approach at the operational level to security sector reform, security assistance and military capacity building (SSR, DDR, CBSD) which incorporates lessons learned in particular in Mali and which puts the emphasis on (a) democratic control of all security forces including armed forces, (b) democratic and transparent governance of the sector, (c) systematic monitoring of full and strict compliance of all actors with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, (d) and clear mechanisms for suspension, or withdrawal in case of impunity, and ongoing violations;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to enlarge the upcoming Joint Communication on a strategic approach to support disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants to SSR and CBSD in order to have a consistent, coherent and profoundly renewed Union approach towards security assistance for third countries;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners; welcomes the increasing involvement of Europeans in the Takuba Task Force; welcomes the adaptation of the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) to the regionalisation process; call including ongoing serious human rights abuses and war crimes by Malian armed forces and other G5 Sahel security actors; deeply deplores impunity in this respect and underlines that such ongoing crimes undermine also European and international efforts to create a secure and safe environment and combat armed groups and terrorists; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel; notes the increasing involvement of Europeans oin the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activitiesTakuba Task Force but urgently calls for a more integrated approach which puts human security, development and good governance first;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the current Malian authorities to refrain from contracting the Wagner Group and allowing its personnel to enter Malian territory;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM Somalia form a coherent whole supporting the Union’s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa; welcomes the crucial role played by Operation ATALANTA in the fight against piracy and trafficking in the Horn of Africa; calls for an integrated approach to tackle development and governance issues driving piracy;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action; welcomes and fully supports the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA); notes the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA); calls on all parties to the conflict to acknowledge that there is no military solution and to work towards a political solution; calls for the restoration of an inclusive dialogue between the Government, the democratic opposition and civil society, and for the revitalization of the peace agreement; deplores that since 2018 the President of CAR has resorted to the Wagner Group, a PMC which is responsible for war crimes and grave violations of human rights in CAR; stresses that cooperation with and assistance to CAR such as under the form of the EU Advisory Mission should be made conditional on the withdrawal of such malign and harmful actors, and calls on the HR/VP to suspend the mission until the Wagner Group has left CAR's territory;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcompolitical objectives of Article 21 TEU and military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU with a view on the future CSDP operation in Mozambique and stresses that the use of CSDP to protect commercial and economic interests of a Member State lacks Treaty basis; notes the commitment of thsome Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTM;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; stresses the need to step up preparations, training and awareness with regards to possible unconstitutional and secessionist actions by the President of Republika Srpska which undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement and therefore security and peace in the whole region; urges EU, NATO and Member States to have a strategic debate on EUFOR Althea, including finding a way to ensure that the peacekeeping troops will be able to fulfil their mandate in the future as long as the situation in the country requires it;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses with regard to the maritime component of IRINI the international obligations regarding search and rescue of people in distress at sea; calls on member States to ensure that IRINI acts in full compliance with maritime law, in particular obligations related to search and rescue; reiterates its grave concern at the fate of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Libya, whose already dramatic situation continues to deteriorate; calls on the Libyan authorities and militias to close detention facilities for migrants; deplores that it is envisaged to withdraw ships from any given area with a significant presence of migrants; demands clarifications on the envisaged decision-making process and modalities on any future decision related to the so-called “pull factor effect” which lacks any scientific evidence to this point;
Amendment 222 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomNotes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its keythe high expectations for its role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperatall decisions to transfer arms to parties to the conflict in violation of the arms embargo, including by both Turkey and France;
Amendment 231 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deplores information sharing between IRINI and Frontex since the conclusion of the working agreement of 15 January 2021 endowing the EU with military means to detect migrants and push back against migrants, with the high risk of contributing to refoulement;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible and, more robust mandates, and clear exit strategies; calls for closer linkages between existing European ad hoc operations and CSDP military missions or operations;
Amendment 244 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 247 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions; strongly believes that as long as military CSDP operations solely rely on ad hoc arrangements as regards capabilities, CSDP will not become a very reliable and effective instrument at the disposal of a Common Foreign and Security Policy;
Amendment 297 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises which should include a multinational land brigade of around 5.000 troops and air, maritime and special forces components; recalls that European NATO members are engaged in NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) which is of the same size, function and structure as the proposed entry force; recalls the existence of battlegroups whose concept does not seem to be of use for decision-makers, be it in CAR in 2013 or at Kabul airport 2021; deplores the Member States’ lack of commitment to the battlegroups; criticises the fact that only one, led by Italy, is operational in 2021; laments the weakness of the planning for 2022 and 2023; believes that there is the urgent need to move beyond ad hoc common military capacities and to establish several permanent multinational units such as the air transport command in Eindhoven, but which have different military functions and focus on the military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU, in particular a 5.000 strong entry force, a corps of military engineers, and military MedEvac;
Amendment 313 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomNotes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered itn to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakeshe relevant theatres of operation in full compliance with the eight criteria of Common Position 944, human rights and humanitarian law, and with a comprehensive ex ante risk assessments, permanent monitoring via the EU level as regards the provision of military technology to third country actors and effective transparency provisions, such as the publication of a detailed list of military equipment provided to partner countries under the Facility; calls on the HR/VP to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 335 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
A more resilient Union: ensuring access to contested strategic spaces and enhancing mutual assistance and secuolidarity between Member States in case of the security of one Member State is challenged;
Amendment 339 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that, given the geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must protect its interests bydefend universal values, principles, the UN Charter, international law such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, multilateralism, international cooperation and aim to guaranteeing freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and offshore infrastructure;
Amendment 357 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. WelcomNotes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the Indo-Pacific region; calls for the Union to updand relevant ongoing missions to be evaluated and debated its maritime security strategy by 2022n Parliament;
Amendment 395 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in spaceInsists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law and to foster alliances, international cooperation and multilateral solution in that respect; calls on the Union to develop a security strategy for space, which is essential for its technological sovereignty, and ability to decide and act autonomously if needed ; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 409 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to defend itsreact effectivelfy against any threats to civil aviation or any failure to respect its airspace and to defstrengthend international aviation safety, in cooperation with NATO's air policing mission and with the EU's partners;
Amendment 429 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilitiin particular the chaotic military evacuation from Kabul International Airport has exposed our weaknesses and ongoing challenges and calls, therefore, for a reductionn increase in Europe’s strategic dependenciespolitical willingness to also act during emergencies and crisis in a rapid, effective and clear manner;
Amendment 437 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomNotes the progress made in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development Plan (EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR); calls on the Commission to draw useful lessons from this for the European Defence Fund (EDF), with the aim of achieving operational results; welcomnotes the adoption of the EDF Regulation and the clear rules it sets out; demands to set-up a framework which associates the European Parliament in a meaningful way in the drafting process of annual and multiannual work programmes; reminds that arms exports of EU member states must fully comply with the criteria of the Common Position on arms exports and the criteria of ATT and not be determined by third states export policies;
Amendment 452 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. LamentNotes the reduction in the amount of the EDF under the MFF, which makes coherence between Union defence initiatives even more necessary; stresses, in this regard, the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA);
Amendment 460 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability, competitivenessefficiency of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic autonomeconomies of scale, synergy and reduced fragmentation of the European defence market; deplores that most of the current PESCO projects lack ambition and do not correspond to the capability gaps identified for conducting successful military CSDP operations;
Amendment 483 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies in particular as regards carbon neutral technologies and the sector's contribution to significantly reduce emissions;
Amendment 512 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 38 – indent 4 a (new)
- increase cooperation between Member States’ Armed Forces through common training and exercises under the capabilities development basket;
Amendment 529 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must set the ambition for a renewal of the Civilian CSDP Compact, the Compact 2.0; calls on the Member States to use the Strategic Compass in order to task the EEAS should to draft the next Civilian CSDP Compact beyond 2023; welcomes the proposals made by seven member states in this respect and supports that the Compass should outline fundamental elements of civilian CSDP, including civilian capability development beyond 2023, a new Compact for the coming five years and; supports the idea that strategic priorities for civilian CSDP should be set out by ministers at regular FAC meetings and be linked to the annual review process of the Compact;
Amendment 531 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Calls on the EEAS, with regard to civilian CSDP, to take into account and to link it to other relevant instruments such as crisis response, peacebuilding and mediation within NDICI; stresses the need to analyse the best possible way for these instruments to mutually reinforce one another; supports the idea that the Compass should underline the need to strengthen the robustness and flexibility of civilian CSDP commitments, in particular by allowing the EU to actively support ad hoc missions and operations, in which, if so decided, only a few Member States may be engaged but which contribute directly to the objectives of civilian CSDP;
Amendment 532 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39c. Supports the idea that the Compass should lays down the need for a more structured and strategic civilian capability development process; stresses that instruments and initiatives of mutual support, such as matchmaking and collective pre-deployment training should be further developed; believes that the Civilian Capability Development Plan (CCPD) should be updated regularly to ensure that it is in line with the agreed Feira priorities and that it can respond to new security threats; supports the plan that illustrative scenarios reflecting the EU level of ambition are used as a basis for defining the capabilities in the overall area of civilian crisis management; supports to also reflect the specificities of recruiting civilian personnel and consider lessons from earlier processes;
Amendment 533 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)
Paragraph 39 d (new)
39d. Rejects the approach giving military and civilian CSDP missions and operations the task of migration control and border management;
Amendment 534 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
Subheading 10
Building stronger defence partnerships and supporting the autonomyfreedom and resilience of partner countries
Amendment 538 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. CRecalls for support to be given toMember States’ obligations under arms control, non- proliferation and disarmament regimes and reaffirms its full support to these regimes; underlines the need and obligation to take effective measures for nuclear disarmament; reiterates that international peace and security are strengthened ing an world pfreserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; calls on the Union to pay particular attention to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk, with particular emphasis on the prohibition regime and conventionale from the existence of nuclear weapons and that nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought; urges the EU, its Member States and NATO to strive towards an ambitious agenda for the preservation and strengthening of effective international arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, to move forward with the reduction and elimination of nuclear arsenals and to ban the deployment of hypersonic missiles; calls on EU Member States and the EU to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by becoming member or at least observer states; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty(INF) and the recent withdrawals from the Treaty on Open Skies; reiterates its continued support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as the best possible means of obtaining assurances of non-proliferation in Iran; welcomes the resumption of talks, and calls on all parties to return to full compliance; calls on the Union to ensure that obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) are met by all parties and theo fight against impunity; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF); calls for the EU and its member states to strive for a protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention to be concluded establishing verification mechanisms;
Amendment 562 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to itsensure that partnerships based, in are comparticular, on the defence of its interests and strategic autonomyble with the values, principles, norms and interests of Article 21 TEU;
Amendment 573 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); capability to decide and act autonomously if needed, based on principles, values, norms and interests enshrined in the Treaty; welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States and reminds their obligations under the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT);
Amendment 602 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls for EU and NATO to commit on including the rights of military personnel in their common agreements; stresses the need to highlight the social and human dimension of armed forces and the need to put that topic on the agenda of upcoming EU-NATO discussions when extending or revising agreed actions, also given the fact that operationally EU NATO members dispose of one single set of forces; believes that it would be important for supporting the idea of diverse and inclusive armed forces to address human rights and fundamental freedoms of armed forces personnel, including right to association with a view to ensuring labour rights, gender and LGBTIQ rights at upcoming EU-NATO meetings;
Amendment 604 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Stresses that cooperation between EU and NATO should exceed institutional limitations; believes that the active participation and representation of all those who are called to implement these commitments is desirable in the successful conduct of this process; underlines the need to facilitate the right to form and join representative staff organisations concerned with the labour rights of military personnel;
Amendment 618 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia), and in specific policy sectors (cybersecurity, hybrid, maritime, etc.), and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN);
Amendment 664 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and is a driver of the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for women and men worldwide; calls for meaningful gender mainstreaming in the formulation of the EU CSDP, notably via a better gender balance in the personnel and leadership of CSDP missions and operations and specific training of the personnel deployed; welcomes the fact that all civilian CSDP missions have now appointed a gender adviser and calls on the military CSDP missions to do the same; encourages EU Member States to put forward women as candidates for existing vacancies; calls for all EU deployed military and civilian personnel to be sufficiently trained on gender equality and the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and specifically on how to integrate a gender perspective into their tasks; regrets that the number of women working in CSDP missions and especially in military operations remains very low; urges the EEAS to promote the need for a concrete target for increasing the number of women in the EU’s crisis management missions and operations; urges the Member States to look at ways to strengthen recruitment and retention policies and promote women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions; stresses the need to include a new EU budget line that would finance the position of gender advisers in military CSDP missions;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas even a small nuclear exchange would have dramatic humanitarian consequences, and would also impact the climate in a very negative way inducing famines and the shortening of growing seasons for several years;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls for the evaluation and monitoring of noise pollution caused by military marine activities on marine fauna, especially military sonars, which potentially contribute to biodiversity loss;
Amendment 198 #
2021/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the stated ambition of NATO Secretary-General StoltenbergHeads of State and Governments of 14June 2021 that NATO reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050; underlines the fact that 22 Member States are NATO members and calls on the VP/HR to make sure that emission reduction objectives, benchmarks and methodologies are synchronised, asbetween Member States as they have only a single set of forces and cannot afford to have different EU and NATO standards or the duplication of forces; believes that NATO and the EU should decide to treat climate security as a new; believes that NATO and the EU should decide to treat climate security as a new area for cooperation and concrete actions; call in this respect also for better anticipation of ‘green’ interoperability between Members States of both NATO and EU especially as concerns fuels for engines used by military vehicles; calls more specifically for climate change and security to be included as a new and very concrete area ofor cooperation and concrete actions; into the 3rd Joint Declaration of EU and NATO;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2102(INI)
29 a. Calls on all nuclear weapon states to fulfil their nuclear disarmament obligations under international law in order to prevent grave climate consequences; equally issues the same call on countries, which possess such weapons outside of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT);
Amendment 205 #
2021/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Calls for the universal ratification of the Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) and to call on all EU and NATO Member States to ratify it;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the degradation and destruction of ecosystems and the stress on them caused by unsustainable resource exploitation and climate change is leading to the extinction of species and the loss of biodiversity at unprecedented rates and is threatening the human rights of current and future generations, such as the rights to life, health, housing, food, water and sanitation, as well as the rights of the most vulnerable people, including women and children, the rights of indigenous peoples and the rights of rural and natural-resource- dependent communities; also emphasises that the degradation of and stress on ecosystems is undermining progress towards the achievement of most of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the objectives of ending poverty and hunger, achieving food security and ensuring healthy lives;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for urgent efforts to maintain and restore biodiversity, in particular by taking effective actions to simultaneously protect human rights and conserve and sustainably use natureal resources; calls in this regard for the development of a holistic and human-rights-based EU policy approach aimed at preventing biodiversity loss and degradation; also stresses the need to strengthen international environment and human rights law, environmental legislation and procedural environmental and human rights, in particular by improving access to information, public participation and access to justice and an effective remedy, and by supporting the crucial role of local communities, indigenous peoples and environmental human rights defenders in maintaining biodiversity;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 31 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges businesses and financial institutions domiciled in the EU or operating in the internal market to conduct and implement an effective human rights and environmental due diligence process as well as to ensure greater transparency and effective community engagement in their activities, operations and investments and to take appropriate action and establish operational grievance-mechanisms to address and remediate any potential and/or actual adverse human rights impact, including those related to biodiversity loss, with which they may be involved either through their own activities or as a result of their business relationships, in accordance with the UNGPs; stresses that the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently noted that strengthening the regulation of private companies was essential;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes with deep concern that EU consumption represents around 10% of the global share of deforestation through its high import dependency on agricultural commodities such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber and rubber; calls for the European Union to cease the import of goods, including agricultural goods and minerals, when their extraction or production causes the destruction or degradation of biodiversity in violation of the right to a healthy, safe, clean and sustainable environment;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that deforestation and, land- grabbing by large corporationand other resource-exploitation activities carried out by certain business activities from a wide range of industries hasve an enormous economic, cultural and societal impact on indigenous peoples and local communities; stresses that these groups often lack recognition of their communal property rights over their land, waters or other resources that they have traditionally owned or otherwise occupied or used; underscores that women are disproportionately more affected by the deprivation of property rights; calls on businesses to recognise their rights and to ensure their effectiveof indigenous peoples, including by ensuring free, prior and informed consent and effective indigenous and local participation in decision- making regarding their landover resource management and exploitation; presses businesses to conduct rigorous impact assessments for all their activities which may affect the biodiversity of local communities and indigenous communal lands, waters and other natural resources, in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and, the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct; and the framework principle 12 of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the integration of international environmental human standards within the GSP+ framework; calls for the inclusion of ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples within that framework; recommends the involvement of biodiversity-related human rights holders in and enhance the transparency of GSP+ dialogues; suggests that EU Delegations in the beneficiary countries rely on international guidance on biodiversity as a human right in assessing the implementation of relevant international human rights and environmental conventions under GSP+;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for the Council to mandate the Commission to conduct negotiations on behalf of the EU concerning its participation in the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises concerning human rights with the view to adopt a binding and enforceable UN Treaty on business and human rights; stresses the importance of this process, notably in relation to the phenomenon of land- grabbing and its impact on biodiversity and on indigenous peoples’ and human rights;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission and EEAS to develop tools and trainings materials for EU Delegations on the relevance of biodiversity for their work on human rights, including business and human rights as well as human rights and environmental due diligence; calls on the EU Delegations to engage with businesses and relevant stakeholders including national authorities in third countries to raise awareness, encourage projects, facilitate CSOs’ participation, and share tools and information in this regard; urges the Commission and EEAS to include consideration of biodiversity as a human right in their periodic reports on the human rights situation in third countries;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the renewal in November 2019 for another three years of the EU HRDs mechanism ProtectDefenders.eu; recalls the importance of this mechanism vis-à-vis the growing needs and diversity of problems including violence and attacks faced by human rights, land and environmental defenders; calls for the reinforcement of this mechanism and its constant re-assessment in accordance with its needs;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the representatives of the EU and the Member States who will participate in the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) in May 2021 in Kunming, China, to advocate for biodiversity and ensure that global action on biodiversity and related objectives are linked to respect for and protection of the rights to life, health, food and, water and housing, as well as the human rights of women and children and other vulnerable groups affected by biodiversity loss, notably indigenous peoples; reiterates its call for the EU to push for a high level of ambition during the negotiations including legally binding international global restoration and protection targets of at least 30% by 2030, to reflect the EU's level of ambition domestically; recalls the importance for states to respect and protect indigenous rights and ensure indigenous rights holders' participation in sustainable resource management; urges the Commission and the Member States to consult and engage with relevant civil society groups and other interested stakeholders ahead, during and after the COP 15; strongly supports, in this regard, the integration of human rights in the COP 15 post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and calls for the establishment of nature conservation objectives at global and national level, building on the right to a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to revise the Environmental Crime Directive, notably with regard to its EU external dimension; calls for the inclusion of environmental offences, such as the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) and illegal hunting, in this legislation; underlines the need for wildlife crime to be recognised as a serious criminal activity that should be heavily penalised; recalls that a major problem with violations of environmental regulations is that the probability of detection is low and therefore calls for the introduction of punitive damage for environmental liability under the Environmental Liability Directive; believes that corporate liability should be combined with individual liability to fight corporate crime effectively;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to NATO's Secretary-General’s statement of 2 August 2019 on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which entered into force on 22 January 2021,
Amendment 6 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
— having regard to the nuclear disarmament obligation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for nuclear armed State Parties,
Amendment 11 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the decision of the United States to re-join the Paris agreement,
Amendment 12 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the Climate change and defence roadmap proposed by the European External Action Service (06/11/2020),
Amendment 29 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29
Citation 29
Amendment 30 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
— having regard to the report of the Reflection Group Appointed by the NATO Secretary-General of 25 November 2020 entitled ‘NATO 2030: United for a New Era’, co-chaired by Thomas de Mazière and A. Weiss Mitchell,
Amendment 42 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is a threatening and deepening crisis of global and regional treaty based multilateral, and bilateral arms control and disarmament, in particular a failure to respond to challenges in the field of weapons of mass destruction, new missile technologies, and autonomous weapon systems;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas SG Stoltenberg has stated that “we need to pursue nuclear arms control and disarmament as a matter of urgency” on 10Nov. 2020 and NATO allies reaffirmed their commitment to the preservation and strengthening of arms control, disarmament, and non- proliferation on 15 December 2020;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on international relations and, has further exacerbated existing global tensions and security challenges, and has a significant straining impact on national budgets;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Commission, when presenting the Defence Action Plan, underlined that industrial overcapacity, fragmentation and inefficiency in European military capability production has yearly costs of 25 to 100 billion euros borne by national defence budgets of EU Member States;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its previous commitment to the EU’s ambitions in the field of security and defence, and reiterates the EU’s ambition to be a global actor for peace and security; underlines the fact that NATO remains indispensable for the security and collective defence of its members and the transatlantic community as a whole; reminds of the different nature and roles of both organisations, the EU being a civilian organisation with a military arm for Article 43(1) TEU out-of- area operations (Petersberg Tasks), and NATO being a military alliance in charge of organising the collective territorial defence of its members; calls on the EU Member States, the HR/VP, the EEAS and the Commission to increase efforts to ensure an effective, strong and reliable Common Security and Defence Policy which allows the EU to launch effective and credible military operations aiming at strengthening international security, peace and stability;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that NATO is a valued partner also to some EU Member States which are not members of the alliance; recalls that NATO cooperation with non- NATO EU Member States is an integral part of EU- NATO cooperation, and encourages the fullest possible involvement of th while respecting neutrality policies, and respective ncon- NATO EU Member States in the alliance’s initiativestitutional frameworks;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the transatlantic community is faced with a broad array of unprecedented common challenges, ranging from the fight againstclimate change, authoritarian regimes with aggressive foreign policies, a global pandemic, rising nuclear-weapons risks, terrorism to hybrid threats, climate change, disinformation, cyber attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) and the proliferation of conventional and cyber technology, and a shifting global power balance, as well as the resulting challenge to the international rules-based order;
Amendment 154 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers thatTakes note of the ongoing and future work being carried out in parallel on both the EU’s Strategic Compass and the expected update of NATO’s Strategic Concept represents a unique; expects that this opportunity is used to identify additional synergies in order to further EU-NATO cooperation, and to clarify the future tasks of both organisations in a transparent and inclusive manner, in particular in an open public debate and national and European parliamentarian processes and discussions; underlines that both processes must come to cohesive conclusions; expresses its vision that the EU Strategic Compass could lay the foundations for an EU contribution to the update of NATO’s Strategic Concept; believes that these processes should separately highlight the added value of each organisation, help define a better division of tasks and, by means of a constant dialogue and close coordination, map out whether the EU or NATO should take the lead in a given field;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the upcoming NATO Summit is an important opportunity to advance EU-NATO cooperation; underlines that the EU is a partner of NATO and that EU-NATO cooperation is mutually reinforcing and based on the agreed guiding principles of transparency, reciprocity, inclusiveness, the decision- making autonomy of both organisations and the principle of the single set of forces; reiterates that a European military capability to act is essentialies of EU- NATO members are important to contribute to the fulfilment of NATO’s core tasks, as well as to enhance deterrence;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the EU’s competences ambition to develop a meaningful EU approach towards strengthening the key fieldvarious civilian and military aspects of resilience, among other things in the area of protecting critical infrastructure, such as in the transport, energy and IT sectors;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recommends initiating a process leading to a European Nuclear-Weapon- Free-Zone from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains; recognise that mutual and simultaneous removal of short-range, theatre and designated sub-strategic nuclear-weapon warheads from the European continent could contribute positively to creating a first condition for the construction of such a Nuclear- Weapon-Free Zone, thereby contributing to the fulfilment of the non-proliferation and disarmament obligations contained in the NPT and, in the meantime, setting a precedent for further nuclear disarmament;
Amendment 195 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the importance of close and greater transatlantic cooperation in the areas of arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation; furthermore,stresses that there is urgency to cope with various non- proliferation, arms control and disarmament challenges such as the end of the INF treaty, investments in the modernisation and increase of nuclear arsenals, the development of new nuclear weapons and their means of delivery, and an emerging arms race in the area of lethal autonomous weapon systems; sees potential for further transatlantic cooperation on a range of international issues, such as maritime security, pandemic response and in the areas of outer space and the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 244 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its utmost concern regarding the continuous revisionist, militarist and aggressive policies pursued by Russia under President Putin; underscores the need for both NATO and the EU to remain vigilant and to adequately respond to acts of aggression and provocation by Russia, such as, in particular, its illegitimate and illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014; regrets President Putin’s evident rejection of dialogue, and considers Russia’s continued aggressive actions as a threat to Euro- Atlantic security and stability;
Amendment 262 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the growing influence and military rise of China need to be met with a coordinated transatlantic strategy; expresses its concern regarding the policies pursued by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when it comes to, among other things, the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong, the treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, threats towards Taiwan or aggressive policies and actions in the South China Sea; further points to the relevance of the fact that China, as a non-democratic regime, has entered into systemic competition with the transatlantic partnership by undermining the rules-based international order, and in turn is attempting to reshape it according to has consequences for Euro-Atlantic security, that this presents challenges which the Alliance needs to address jointly; expresses its concern regarding the policies pursued by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in particular against religious and cultural minorities and its aggressive and militarised foreign policy towards Taiwan, and in the Southe CCP’s own values and interests;hina Sea
Amendment 310 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the unprecedented challenge to global prosperity, security and stability posed by climate change as a ‘threat multiplier’nd collapse of biodiversity as a ‘threat multiplier’ and a deprivation of human security through the destruction, degradation of vital resources and necessary living conditions; recognises the unprecedented challenge to global security posed by the increased risk of zoonotic pandemics underpinned by the destruction of ecosystems caused by human activities; calls for enhanced EU- NATO dialogue on climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction and its multifaceted consequences for international security;
Amendment 330 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is convinced that the Member States must increase their efforts to improve the EU’s ability to act with a more capable, cost-effective, deployable, interoperable and sustainable set of military capabilities and forces, which would give the EU the capacity to contribute more equitably to transatlantic security, enable it to achieve strategic autonomyt alone if needed, and further pave the way to progressively frame a European Defence Union (EDU) in line with Article 42 of the TEU; stresses that strategic autonomytruly common and effective security and defence policy in line with Article 42 of the TEU; stresses that the ability to decide and act autonomously if needed strengthens transatlantic security, and by no means aims to decouple from or weaken NATO; underlines at the same time that strategic autonomyis not only entails defence capability development but also the institutional capacity enabling the EU to act, where possible with partners, and independently if necessary; believes that these increased European civilian and military efforts will allow the EU to take greater responsibility for Europeanpeace, security and stability in Europe's neighbourhood and beyond, and to better promote common EU-NATO interests and values, in particular in the European neighbourhood;
Amendment 340 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underscores the need to advance defence capability development in order to adequately respond to commonly identified threats; believes that EU Member States, especially the 21 joint EU-NATO members, need to act coherently and should consider identifying a clear ‘European level of ambition’ in quantitative and qualitative terms regarding capability development in NATO; encourages stronger efforts by members of both organisations to achieve greater synergies and coordination between the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP), the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP); stresses the urgent need to shift away from focussing on the level of defence spending and linking that level to GDP which varies naturally and is no suitable indicator for rising insecurity, a higher threat level, and the need to invest in military capabilities; believes that national, EU and NATO discussions and decisions on burden sharing, solidarity, and capability development should focus solely on the capabilities needed for fulfilling pre-defined and agreed military tasks; encourages stronger efforts by members of both organisations to achieve greater synergies and coordination between the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP), the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP); underlines the need to agree on common technical norms, standards and certification processes, which would guarantee that military technology is fully interoperable; believes that it is high time for the Commission, EEAS and EDA to address these questions together with a meaningful strategy for the security of supply;
Amendment 358 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 377 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underscores the importance of a strong, competitive and innovative European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), which not only secures and creates European jobs but is also essential for enabling the alliance to meet its capability requirements and hence ensure Europe’s safetycombined with the emergence of an EU defence equipment market which fully respects internal market rules, and legally binding EU arms exports criteria which would increase European security, and better equip EU NATO members; calls for further efforts to ensure a fully functional common defence market; highlights the importance of the EDFpooling national resources for joint research, development, acquisition, procurement, maintenance and training and calls for a strategic long- term orientation of its project funding;
Amendment 383 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the conclusion of an administrative arrangement between the European Defence Agency and the US, as well as other non-EU NATO allies, to deepen transatlantic defence cooperationNATO's Standardization Agency (NSA) and Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), as well as other non-EU NATO allies, in order to make sure that military technology used will be fully interoperable at technical level;
Amendment 402 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty; recalls affirms the need to increase cooperation and investment in the key area of air and missile defencerenew arms control efforts to adapt to the new nuclear vectors developed, including a global ban on hypersonic missiles;
Amendment 408 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the EU and its institutions, building on the foundation laid by the ‘integrated approach’, to develop both a common security and defence culture, as well as a strategic approach, throughout its policy-making, which should apply in particular to decisions in the fields of trade, development cooperation, infrastructure, mobility and digital technologies;
Amendment 426 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the progress made on the 74 common proposals for action; believes, however, that more political support is needed to ensure full implementation; further calls for the identification of flagship projects, such as military mobility, in order to increase ownership and make the cooperation more tangible and results-orientated; deplores that the common proposals do not address the fundamental and social rights of military personnel; proposes that the upcoming EU-NATO discussions address the fundamental and social rights of military personnel when extending or revising agreed actions; stresses that to achieve diverse and inclusive armed forces, allies must respect and protect the fundamental and social rights of military personnel, including gender and LGBTIQ rights, freedom of expression, the right to association and political rights;
Amendment 436 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Acknowledges that in view of the institutional limitations, EU-NATO cooperation to a large extent takes place on an informal and technical staff-to-staff level, limiting at times the active involvement of all Member States; believes that this situation is unsustainable and therefore strongly urges all stakeholders to work together in good faith to seek a solution which would render cooperation more formal and predictable on all levels, with a view to building a genuine organisation-to-organisation relationship; believes that the participation of those who are called to implement EU-NATO cooperation in upgrading this cooperation is important for the success of this process; underlines the need to ensure the right to form and join representative staff organisations, such as trade unions for military personnel;
Amendment 451 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines that the transatlantic partnership not only needs strong militaries but also strong and resilient societies; emphasises the mutually reinforcing link between strong democratic foundations and a strong transatlantic partnership, which only together can ensure the longevity of our democracies; supports the idea put forward by the Biden administration for a global summit of democracies; calls for increased efforts to encourage thtake into account the high aspirations of younger generations and enable the effective participation of young people in our democratic processes;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas people between 0 and 25 years old represent one third of Europeans; whereas their voice is exceptionally important and the future of Europe is theirs;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas Articles 12 until 17 of the UNCRC include the civil and political rights of children and form important components of ensuring that children will be able to participate effectively in public decision-making processes;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the 2019 elections to the European Parliament showed that there is still progress to be made to increase participation of people with a racial or ethnic minority background in European elections and their representation as elected members and staff of the European parliament;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas political rights – including the acquisition of citizenship – are a major driver for migrant inclusion.1a _________________ 1aFundamental Rights Agency, Together in the EU - Promoting the participation of migrants and their descendants, 2017.
Amendment 18 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas the EU recognised the need to support initiatives that seek to remove institutional and structural barriers to equality, inclusion and participation of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups in society, including by promoting their role and contribution in society and demystifying the legacy of colonialism2a; _________________ 2a Some of the recognised reasons are lack of political will to facilitate and include underrepresented voters, systemic and institutionalised discrimination and polarisation, socio-economic challenges as a preliminary obstacle to political participation and insufficient financial support. https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/eu -citzen_-_type_a_report_-_infographics_- _a4_full.pdf
Amendment 19 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
A g. whereas the EU highlighted the specific challenges faced by racialised communities, including migrants and refugees, with the COVID-19 crisis, notably that the risk of rising racism and xenophobia may represent additional obstacles tot heir participation in the labour market and in society at large3a; _________________ 3a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A Union of equality : EU anti- racism action plan 2020-2025.
Amendment 42 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Encourages EU Member States to include children’s rights and the functioning of the EU as part of national curricula and promote engagement by young people in EU decision-making processes;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop accessible, innovative and inclusive tools for citizens’ participation and dialogues, and to offer them a non-bureaucratic and comprehensive website or other medium, easily accessible to everyone and providing citizens with all European participatory initiatives; underlines that social media plays a crucial role, especially for children, as it is currently, even more than ever, their common place;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EU Institutions and Member States to ensure participation by a diverse range of people and to introduce necessary measures to reduce discrimination or exclusion on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race, social status, sexual orientation, religion or disability;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to proactively address the under- representation of racial and ethnic minorities in public institutions and political and policy processes, including by supporting their capacity-building and empowerment, and by enhancing their representation in decision-making positions at national and European level;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the European Commission to work with European political parties, the European Cooperation Network on Elections and civil society to improve political participation; calls on the Commission to commit to this work under the European democracy action plan and the Commission’s forthcoming report on EU citizenship;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls for the EU to support studies on increasing participation of minorities in public and political life;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that EU Member States should expressly recognise the rights of children to engage in civic action, including the rights to assemble peacefully, to associate and to express themselves; notes that information required by children to exercise these rights should be provided in a form that is easily accessible and understandable and that any barrier to the exercise of these rights should be removed;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the EU Institutions and Member States to enact laws which guarantee the rights of children to participate in all matters affecting them, including public decision-making processes; considers that law and policy should be specific and provide guidance on the format, structure, operation and evaluation of all child participatory mechanisms; stresses that sufficient financial and other resources must be made available to ensure sustainable and effective mechanisms are introduced and maintained;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the EU Institutions and Member States to facilitate direct contact between children and decision-makers and provide adequate training and support to adults engaging with children; notes that the benefits of child participation should be shared with the wider community in order to generate widespread acceptance of the practice and to transition societies to the systemic use of child participation mechanisms;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2201(INI)
8 d. Urges the EU Institutions and Member States to make provision for dedicated spaces for children to come together to participate indecision-making processes; underlines that children’s involvement should be voluntary and they should always be treated with respect; recalls that all processes should be fully transparent and clearly explained to all involved and that processes and spaces should be child-friendly, safe and sensitive to risk;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8 e. Commends child-specific consultations conducted by the European Commission and supports the set up of an EU Children’s Participation Platform in the future; welcomes the inclusion of young people in the Digital Platform and Citizens’ Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe; urges the EU institutions to create structural ways to ensure similar engagement with children and young people in the future on a structural basis;
Amendment 111 #
2020/2201(INI)
8 f. Stresses that the EU Commission and Member States should include mechanisms for feedback, evaluation and monitoring in all official child participation mechanisms; considers that feedback should be provided directly to children in a timely manner and in a format that is easily accessible by children; advises that the evaluation of participation mechanisms should be undertaken by independent monitoring bodies and that recommendations made by such bodies and other international oversight committees should be accepted, considered and actioned where necessary;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 4 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to its resolutions of 27 October 2016 on nuclear security and non-proliferation, of 17 January 2013 on the Recommendations of the Non- Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, and of 10 March 2010 on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
Amendment 7 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has undoubtedly been the most important international instrument to regulate the nuclear regime for the last 50 years and has contributed substantially to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, reducing the nuclear arsenal and facilitating the peaceful use of nuclear energy; whereas in 1995, NPT state parties agreed to extend the NPT indefinitely; whereas, given the failure in 2015 to agree on a substantive outcome document, it is of utmost importance to make the 2020 review a success;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, unfortunately, it must be stated that no progress can be detected as regards the NPT's nuclear disarmament objective and whereas attempts realise the univerzalisation of NPT failed until today;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objective of the NPT’s periodical review conferences is to evaluate the implementation of the NPT and to draw up a roadmap for achieving further progress based on a step-by-step approach; whereas the review process represents an opportunity for the state parties to uphold and strengthen the nuclear non- proliferation regime once every five years;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ultimate goal of strengthening the global non-proliferation regime in the 2010 Review Conference was achievreiterated further to NPT states recommitting to the basic provisions of the NPT and adopting a 64-point action plan that includes, among other features, specific action plans on non-proliferation, disarmament and peaceful use of nuclear energy, underpinned by concrete and measurable actions that the state parties will take to support the three pillars;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas there is concern at the lack of implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Amendment 15 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the section onunfortunately the nuclear disarmament, state parties, including recognised nuclear-armed states, for the first time undertook to accelerate real progress on disarmament and ultimately accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals, deployed or non- deployed objective has not been implemented or met so far; whereas actions agreed under the non-proliferation pillar include a wide range of issues, such as reinforcement of safeguards, support to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), physical protection of nuclear material, conclusion and entry into force of additional protocols, safeguards for nuclear-related exports, transfers of nuclear technology, and nuclear terrorism;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas several nuclear armed states are planning to modernise or are currently modernising their nuclear weapons or their means of delivery and whereas some of them are lowering threshold of their use in their national military doctrines;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. whereas there are widespread concerns about the growing budgets for the maintenance and renewal of nuclear arsenals in all nuclear-armed countries, as well as the introduction of smaller nuclear weapons and the broadening of scenarios in which they may be used, all contributing to a vastly increased likelihood of nuclear detonations;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
U a. whereas the risks of accidental, mistaken, unauthorized or intentional use of nuclear weapons are evident due to the vulnerability of nuclear command and control networks to human error and cyberattacks; whereas cyberattack methods such as data manipulation, digital jamming and cyber spoofing could jeopardize the integrity of communication, leading to increased uncertainty in decision-making; whereas in times of crisis, such cyberattacks on nuclear weapons systems could cause an escalation, including inadvertent nuclear launches;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) adopt without delay a Council Decision formalising the common position of the EU as regards the NPT Review Conference which contains ambitious objectives and proposals in particular as regards the disarmament and non-proliferation pillar of NPT; remind the need to speak with one voice at international fora in order to strengthen the EU’s impact and foreign policy and recall in this respect previous common positions adopted by Council ahead of the 2010, 2015 and 2000 Review Conferences;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) increase significantly its budget for seminars, conferences, and any kind of activity or initiative related to the establishment of a Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone (WMDFZ) in the Middle East, similar initiatives on other regions, non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament topics;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(l a) express alarm at the demise of the INF Treaty, also in view of the fact that medium range missiles are particularly liable to increase the risks of nuclear escalation on the European continent;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) welcome the initiative undertaken by a majority of NPT State Parties to strengthen multilateral approaches to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament by adopting the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), unequivocally stigmatising the last weapons of mass destruction not yet prohibited under international law;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(q b) highlight the complementary nature of the nuclear weapon prohibition treaty, as foreseen by Article 6 of the NPT; note in particular that stigmatising nuclear weapons will contribute both to disarmament and to non-proliferation efforts;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2004(INI)
(q c) look forward to entry into force of the TPNW as soon as the 50th ratification instrument is deposited at the United Nations, ensuring the prohibition under international law of all weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q d (new)
(q d) consider to position itself vis-a-vis the TPNW and its objectives and to look into the arguments that led to its establishment such as the humanitarian consequences of nuclear detonations and other risks associated with the possession of such weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q e (new)
Amendment 81 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) confirm the inalienable right of the NPT parties to the peaceful use of nuclear energy to meet their long-termacknowledge the fact that nuclear energy is a dual-use technology and that envergy requirements, in conformity with the NPT provisions; work with countries wishing to develop capacities in this area towards a responsible use of nuclear energy for solely peaceful purposes, provided all safety, security and non- proliferation conditions are met; recall in particular that the needs of developing countries should be duly taken into account; encourage the state parties to use the opportunity of the 2020 review process to further deepen the civil program can be used by the relevant state to acquire nuclear weapons within a short period of time and to possibly contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and undermine the NPT objective of nuclear disarmament; conclude that for security and defence considebrate ions the peaceful use of nuclear energy; recognise the role and value of the IAEA and its safeguard system in implementing the NPT and in strengthening the nuclear security frameworkis pillar of NPT needs to be reconsidered as it significantly weakens its nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation objectives;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) limit the transfer of proliferation- relevant nuclear technology to NPT State Parties which have concluded and are implementing IAEA full scope safeguards, thus supporting the decision by the 1995 NPT review conference that new supply arrangements for the transfer of sensitive nuclear technology should require, as a necessary precondition, acceptance of the IAEA full-scope safeguards and internationally legally binding commitments not to acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
(r b) insist that nuclear technology transfers should be limited to those NPT states parties that have concluded and are implementing an Additional Protocol to their IAEA safeguards agreements and have committed, in a binding way, to not pursue national enrichment or reprocessing capabilities ("gold standard");
Amendment 93 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) consider initiating a process leading to a European Nuclear-Weapon- Free-Zone from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2004(INI)
(t b) recognise that mutual and simultaneous removal of short-range, theatre and designated sub-strategic nuclear-weapon warheads from European territory could contribute positively to creating the conditions for the construction of further Nuclear-Weapon- Free Zones, thereby contributing to the fulfilment of the non-proliferation and disarmament obligations contained in the NPT and, in the meantime, setting a precedent for further nuclear disarmament;
Amendment 96 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(u a) invites states to consider the scientific evidence for the concept of nuclear deterrence, assess the risks and contradictions inherent to this posture, including risks of accident, miscommunication, malfunction, and deliberate escalation;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) call on the state parties to develop and put in place measures aimed at mitigating the risks of using nuclear weapons, be it intentionally, by misperception or miscalculation in an escalating conflict, or accidentally; measures could include improving communication channels and protocols, cybersecurity, creating a clear distinction between conventional and nuclear assets, as well as improving resilience to cyberattacks and extending decision-time in a crisis;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2013 on the Recommendations of the Non- Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction,
Amendment 2 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 27 October 2016 on nuclear security and non-proliferation,
Amendment 4 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to Council Decision 2010/212/CFSP of 29 March 2010 relating to the position of the European Union for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in particular its Article 3(9) on non-strategic nuclear weapons,
Amendment 6 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 9 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 11 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres statement on the 25 October 2020 about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entry into force as a 'culmination of a worldwide movement to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons,
Amendment 17 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Weapons of Mass Destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, due to their humanitarian, environmental, social, and economic consequences, constitute a grave threat to long-term human security and planetary health;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in the current tense geopolitical context,nuclear weapon states have recently dismantled key arms control treaties that came into force at the end of the Cold War have recently been dismantled, despite the current tense geopolitical context;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU, through its Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), is proactively contributing to disarmament and the prevention of the use and proliferation of WMDs;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force on 22 January 2021; whereas six EU Member States participated in the TPNW negotiations in the UN General Assembly and five voted in favour of adoption of the new treaty: whereas three EU Member States are States Parties to the TPNW; whereas no NATO Allies and no state possessing nuclear weapons are States Parties to the TPNW; whereas no meaningful results in the global non-proliferation and disarmament efforts are possible without the involvement and active participation of the five nuclear-weapon States Parties to the NPTinvolvement of the nuclear-weapon States Parties to the NPT and the other four nuclear weapon possessors would be desirable to make progress on nuclear disarmament more likely;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was an achievement of multilateral diplomacy led by the EU; whereas the US and IranJCPOA participants E3/EU, China, Russia, Iran as well as the United States have begun indirect negotiations with a view to their US return to the JCPOA; whereas the United States remains in noncompliance with UNSC Resolution 2231 and Iran has ceassuspended the application of the aAdditional pProtocol; and taken other measures in violation of the JCPOA;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas ratification of eight states, including the US and China, prevents entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has not yet been universally ratified;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Conference on Disarmament has not yeafter 25 years of standstill has still not formally launched negotiations on the proposed Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT), a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas since the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, France is now the only nuclear Member State and continues actively the modernization and renewal of its nuclear arsenal;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas the UK has announced that it will raise the ceiling for its overall nuclear stockpile size by more than 40%, to 260 operationally available warheads and to make its nuclear posture more opaque by no longer declaring stockpile numbers;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas India and Pakistan, states outside the NPT framework, have declared themselves to be in possession of nuclear weapons; whereas it is generally understood that Israel is in possession of nuclear weapons; whereas North Korea has detonated several nuclear explosive devises since 2006 and announced its intention to withdraw from the NPT;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Russia has failed for many yearsseveral states parties have failed to comply with itstheir obligations under the Open Skies Treaty; whereas the US and Russia have successively withdrawn from the treaty;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the Chemical Weapons Convention is the world’s first multilateral disarmament agreement to provide for the verifiable elimination of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction; whereas in the past decade, the ethiclegal norm against the use of chemical weapons has begun to show alarming signs of erosionen violated several times, including by the Syrian government and the Islamic State;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was agreed without on-sitea verification mechanisms to ensure compliance and negotiations on a verification protocol collapsed 20 years ago, following the US withdrawal from the ad hoc group;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need to increase EU chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRN) preparednesshould raise our awareness to the potential impact of CBRN risks;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its full commitment to the preservation of effective international arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation regimes as a cornerstone of global and European security; recalls its commitment to pursuing policies designed to move forward the reduction and elimination of all nuclear arsenals and to achieve a world withoutfree of nuclear weapons; calls for a renewed arms control and disarmament multilateral order;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reaffirms its full support to the NPT; expects nuclear-weapon states to take steps 'in good faith' to demonstrate their genuine commitment to nuclear disarmament; exhorts States Parties to do their utmost to contribute to a successful and ambitious outcome of the upcoming 10th Review Conference; calls on EU Member States to attend the Review Conference at a high political level; invites all NPT States Parties to therefore constructively engage in the NPT framework, and agree on realistic, effective, tangible, reciprocal and verifiable measures conducive to the achievement of the shared goal of nuclear disarmament;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the available expertise in non-proliferation and arms control in the EU to be strengthened and the training of EU and Member State personnel to be improved; calls in particular for the creation of a European Dual-Use Export Control Agency in order to meet the widened mandate for transparency reporting, coordination, enforcement and enlarged scope of obligations in the Dual- Use Regulation (2021/821);
Amendment 119 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the EU to strengthen European leadership on victim assistance and environmental remediation due to the consequences of nuclear testing in areas affected by nuclear tests; asks the European External Action Service and the Commission to conduct a series of expert hearings, workshops and other such events and commission a set of studies on concrete short, medium and long-term actions that the EU and its Member States can realize in order to strengthening the Union's humanitarian role; is alarmed by the discrepancy between the IAEA report of 2005 on Radiological Conditions at the Former French Nuclear Test Sites in Algeria and recent reports of considerable radioactivity risks in Algeria resulting from testing;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on EU Member States and the EU to facili-tate the implementation of the TPNW’s provisions on victim assistance and environmental remedi-ation;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the entry into force of the TPNW as an expression of the desire of the majority of the global community to live in a nuclear weapon-free world; recalls that the goal of nuclear disarmament must be pursued while ensuring international stability and undiminished collective security; invites all NPT States Parties to therefore constructively engage in the NPT framework, and agree on reholds the NPT and the TPNW obligations to be compatible and mutually reinforcing; recalls that nuclear disarmament contributes to ensuring internationali stic, effective, tangible, reciprocal and verifiable measures conducive to the achievement of the ultimate shared long- term goal of nuclear disarmamentability and undiminished collective security;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on all EU Member States to engage constructively with the new treaty, including by attending the first meeting of TPNW states parties (1MSP) as observers, State Parties or Signatory States and calls on the EEAS to observe 1MSP, as it had done in the case of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Treaty) in 1999 and the Convention on Cluster Munitions in 2011;
Amendment 141 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the central role played by the IAEA; calls on the states that have not yet done so to ratify thebring into force an IAEA additional protocol without delay;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms its full support for the JCPOA as a key element of the global nuclear non-proliferation architecture; calls on all parties to return to the negotiations with a view to returning to-establishing full and effective compliance with the agreement;
Amendment 148 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Confirms that the entry into force and ratification of the CTBT continues to be an important objective of the EU’s Strategy against Proliferation of WMD and calls on all states to refrain from nuclear tests;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on all States that have not signed the CTBT and the TPNW to accede to it and urges all States that have signed but not ratified these treaties to do so;
Amendment 158 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on all nuclear weapon states to increase transparency on their nuclear holdings and declare overall nuclear weapons national inventories;
Amendment 159 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Calls on all nuclear weapon states to diminish the role and significance of nuclear weapons in all military and security concepts, doctrines and policies:
Amendment 163 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Warmly welcomes the decision taken by the US and the Russian Federation to extend the New START Treaty; advocates the involvement of other nuclear-armed countries, notably China, France and the UK, in negotiations on any new arms control agreement;
Amendment 165 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on all nuclear weapon states to follow the example of Russia and the United States and affirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with concern the ongoing Russian modernisation programmes which raise questions about Russian compliance with the objectives of the Presidential Nuclear Initiatives; calls on both the US and the Russian Federation to stick to their commitments in relation to non-strategic nuclear weapons and to ensurincrease transparency on arsenals, deployments and the status of their respective weapons;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the crucial role played by the Open Skies Treaty; calls on the remaining signatories to continue implementing the treaty; urges the US and the Russian Federation to resume talks with a view to returning to the treaty and to its full, effective and verifiable implementation; urges the remaining states to develop the Treaty further by reimagining it as a multi-purpose regime including scientist-to-scientist exchanges, emergency response cooperation, environmental monitoring, and other missions;
Amendment 210 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the equal, full and meaningful participation of women in NPT forums, TPNW, and CTBT conferences and fora to be ensured;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Decides to send a European Parliament delegation to the The First Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which is currently scheduled to take place from 22 to 24 March 2022 in Vienna;
Amendment 93 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
Having regard to Article 4 of the European Social Charter,
Amendment 95 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Pursuant to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, the aims of the Union are, inter alia, to promote equality and social justice, the well-being of its peoples and to work for the sustainable development of Europe based on solidarity and a highly competitive social market economy. aiming at full employment and social progress, and high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. Pursuant to Article 9, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion.
Amendment 102 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) Article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognises the right of everyone to fair wages and equal remuneration for work of equal value, and a decent living for themselves and their families.
Amendment 105 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1 b) Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for the Union and the Member States to have as their objectives, inter alia, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible the harmonisation of such conditions while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection and dialogue between management and labour, in line with the European Social Charter.
Amendment 109 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Article 321 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union36 provides for the right to non- discrimination on the basis of sex, 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. Article 23 provides for the right to equality between women and men in all areas, including employment, work and pay. Article 27 provides worker’s right to information and consultation. Article 28 provides for the right of workers and employers, or their respective organisations, to negotiate and conclude collective agreements at the appropriate levels. Article 31 provides for the right of every worker to working conditions which respect his or her health, safety and dignity. __________________ 36Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 2012/C 326/02 OJEU C326/391 of 26.10.2012.
Amendment 112 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Social Charter establishes that all workers have the right to just conditions of work. It recognises the right of all workers, including young people and domestic workers and carers, to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families. Article 4 of the Charter recognises the role of freely concluded collective agreements as well as of statutory minimum wage setting mechanisms, to ensure the effective exercise of this right and the right to a remuneration that provides them and their families a decent standard of living. It recognises the right of men and women workers to equal pay for work of equal value and the right to a remuneration which gives the worker and their families a decent standard of living. Article 7 recognises the right of young workers to a fair wage.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Chapter II of the European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed at Gothenburg on 17 November 2017, establishes a set of principles to serve as a guide towards ensuring fair working conditions. Principles No 2 and 3 provide for equality of treatment and opportunities regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression between man and women and regardless of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Principle No 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights reaffirms the workers’ right to fair wages that provide for a decent standard of living. It also provides that adequate minimum wages shall be ensured, in a way that provides for the satisfaction of the needs of the worker and his/her family in the light of national economic and social conditions, whilst safeguarding access to employment and incentives to seek work. Furthermore, it recalls that in-work poverty shall be prevented and that all wages shall be set in a transparent and predictable way and respecting the autonomy of the social partners. Principle No 8 ensures the consultation of the social partners on the design and implementation of economic, employment and social policies.
Amendment 125 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Guideline 5 of Council Decision 2020/ 1512/EU on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States37 calls on Member States to ensure an effective involvement of social partners in wage-setting, providing for fair wages that enable a decent standard of living and allowing for an adequate responsiveness of wages to productivity developmentwhile paying particular attention to lower and middle income groups, with a view to upward convergence. The Guideline also calls on Member States to promote social dialogue and collective bargaining on wage setting. It also calls on Member States and the social partners to ensure that all workers have adequate and fair wages by benefitting from collective agreements or adequate statutory minimum wages, and takingshould take into account their impact on competitivenesssustainable economic development, job creation and in-work poverty. The Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202138 states that Member States should adopt measures to ensure fair working conditions. In addition, the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202039 recalled that in the context of growing social divides, it is important to ensure that each worker earns an adequate wage. Several Country Specific Recommendations have also been issued to some Member States in the field of minimum wages. However, individual countries may be little inclined to with the aim of improveing their adequacy of minimum wage settings because of the perception that this could negatively affect their externals to achieve real wage growth and avoid the downward spiral of unhealthy labour cost competitivenesson. __________________ 37Council Decision 2020/1512/EU of 13 October 2020 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 344, 19.10.2020, p. 22–28). 38 Commission Communication COM(2020) 575 final. 39 Commission Communication COM(2019) 650 final.
Amendment 131 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages and transparency, benefit both workers and businesses, the society and the economy in the Union and are a prerequisite for achieving social justice, equality and guaranteeing the well-being of the public as well as inclusive and sustainable growth. Addressing large differences in the coverage and adequacy of minimum wage protection contributes to a level playing field, to improving the fairness of the EU labour market and to promoteing economic, social progress and upward convergence. Competition in the Single Market should be based on high social standards environmental rights in combination with a high level of workers protection, innovation and sustainable productivity improvements ensuring a level playing field.
Amendment 140 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) When set at adequate levels and taking into account the needs of workers and their families, minimum wages protect the income of all workers, notably disadvantaged workers, and help ensure a decent living, and limit the fall in income during bad times to all, as recognised in Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation on the establishment of a system of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wages contribute to sustaining domestic demand, strengthen incentives to workthat provide for a decent standard of living contribute to guaranteeing decent work, offering protection to all workers, sustaining purchasing power, reduceing wage inequalities and in- work povertythe gender pay gap, combating in-work poverty and ensuring social justice.
Amendment 152 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Women, young and low-skilled workers, migrants and persons with disabilitiesfrom divers racial or ethnical backgrounds, persons with disabilities or who suffer from multiple forms of discrimination, have a higher probability of being minimum wage or, low wage earners than other groups or of being excluded from any form of wage protection. During economic downturns, such as the Covid-19 crisis, the role of minimum wages in protecting low-wage workers becomes increasingly important and isshows the essential toneed of supporting a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery. Addressing minimum wage underlined with strong social protection systems. Raising minimum wages has a potential to contributes to gender equality, closingto fight against the undervaluation of work performed by women and the unjustified low pay in feminised sectors, to reduce the gender pay and pension gap as well as elevating women out of poverty.
Amendment 164 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) TCrisis situations, such as the Covid-19 pandemic is, having a significant impact on the services sector and small firms, which both have a high share of minimum wage earners. In addition, minimume always particularly hit hard sectors with minimum wage or low wage earners, such as the cultural sector and services. In addition, low and inadequate wages are also important in view of the structural trends that are reshaping labour markets and which are increasingly characterised by high shares of non-standard and precarious work such as platform workers. These trends have led to an increased job polarisation resulting in an increasing share of low-paid and low- skilled occupations and sectors in most Member States, as well as to higher wage inequality in some of them.
Amendment 175 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) While minimum wage protection exists for most workers in all Member States, in some, that protection stems from legislative provisions (“statutory minimum wages”) and from collective agreements while in others it is provided exclusively, through collective agreements. .
Amendment 181 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Minimum wage protection set out by comprehensive collective agreements in low-paid occupations is adequateproviding decent standards of living in most cases; however, statutory minimum wages are low compared to other wages in the economy in several Member States. In 2018, the statutory minimum wage did not provide sufficient income for a single minimum- wage earner to reach the at-risk-of-poverty threshold in nine Member States, which is not in line with the aims of the Union as outlined in article 9 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. In addition, the use of reduced minimum wage rates (variations) and deductions from statutory minimum wages negatively affect their adequacy.
Amendment 187 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Not all workers in the Union are protected by minimum wages. In someeveral Member States some workers, even though they are covered, receive in practice a remuneration below the statutory minimum wage due to the non-respect of existing rules or they do not qualify to access minimum wage, such as workers in sheltered workshops. In particular, such non-compliance has been found to affect notably women, young workers, people with disabilities and agricultural workers, people facing direct, indirect or intersectional discrimination, platform workers and agricultural, seasonal, short-term workers, and bogus self-employed. In Member States where minimum wage protection is provided only through collective agreements, the share of workers not covered is estimated to vary from 2% to 55% of all workers.
Amendment 201 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level contributes to ensuring adequate minimum wage protection, traditional collective bargaining structures have been eroding during the last decades, in part due todue to labour market deregulation following the financial crisis, structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to the increase of atypical and newnon-standards and precarious forms of work.
Amendment 228 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In full respect of Article 153(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, this Directive neither aims to harmonise the level of minimum wages across the Union nor to establish an uniform mechanism for setting minimum wages. It does however aim to set thresholds for minimum wages to raise living conditions and avoid poverty in the Union. It does not interfere with the freedom of Member States to set statutory minimum wages orand promote access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements, according to the traditions and specificities of each country and in full respect of national competences and social partners’ contractual freedom. This Directive does not impose an obligation on the Member States where minimum wage protection is ensured exclusively via collective agreements to introduce a statutory minimum wage nor to make the collective agreements universally applicable. Also, this Directive does not establish the level of pay, which falls within the contractual freedom of the social partners at national level and within the relevant competence of Member States.
Amendment 241 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) This Directive should apply to workers who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in each Member State, with consideration to the criteria established by the Court of Justice of the European Union for determining the status of a worker. Provided that they fulfil those criteria, domestic workers, workers in the care sector, on-demand workers, intermittent workers, voucher based- workers, bogus self-employed, platform workers, trainees and apprentices could fall within the scope of this Directive. Genuinely self-employed persons do not fall within the scope of this Directive since they do not fulfil those criteriaworkers in sheltered employment trainees and apprentices should fall within the scope of this Directive. The abuse of the status of self-employed persons, as defined in national law, either at national level or in cross-border situations, is a form of falsely declared work that is frequently associated with undeclared work. Bogus self- employment occurs when a person is declared to be self-employed while fulfilling the conditions characteristic of an employment relationship, in order to avoid certain legal or fiscal obligations. Such persons should fall within the scope of this Directive. The determination of the existence of an employment relationship should be guided by the facts relating to the actual performance of the work and not by the parties' description of the relationship.
Amendment 258 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Well-functioning collective bargaining on wage setting is an important means to ensure that workers are protected by adequate minimum wages that provide for a decent standard of living. In the Member States with statutory minimum wages, collective bargaining supports general wage developments and therefore contributes to improving the adequacy of minimum wages. In the Member States where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining, their level as well as the share of protected workers are directly determined by the functioning of the collective bargaining system and collective bargaining coverage. Strong and well- functioning collective bargaining together with a high coverage of sectorial or cross- industry collective agreements strengthen the adequacy and the coverage of minimum wages.
Amendment 269 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In a context of declining collective bargaining coverage, it is essential that the Member States promote collective bargaining to enhance workers’ access to minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements. Member States with a high and comprehensive collective bargaining coverage tend to have a low share of low-wage workers and high minimum wages. Member States with a small share of low wage earners have a collective bargaining coverage rate above 70%. Similarly, the majority of the Member States with high levels of minimum wages relative to the median wage have a collective bargaining coverage above 70%. WhileNevertheless, all Member States should be encouraged to promotall promote comprehensive collective bargaining, and especially those who do not reach this level of coverage should, in consultation and/or agreement with the social partners, provide for or, where it already exists, strengthen a framework of facilitative procedures and institutional arrangements enabling the conditions for collective bargaining. Such a framework should be established by law or by tripartite agreement.according to national practices, by the social partners or by law or by tripartite agreement in consultation with the social partners.
Amendment 304 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Minimum wages are considered adequate if they are fair in relation to thimprove wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living. The adequacy of statutory minimum wages is determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity developments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and, growth. The use of indicators commonly u, the at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfer, the gender pay gap, and regional disparities. The adequacy of a minimum wage recognised at international level, isuch ast 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wagd a basket of goods which shall include, but not be limited to, costs of adequate housing, healthy food, clothing, transport, health care and medical supplies as well as resources necessary to participate in cultural, educational and social activities and insurance against unforeseen circumstances.;
Amendment 325 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To promote adequacy of minimum wages for all groups of workersthat provide for a decent standard of living for all groups of workers including youth, persons with disabilities, migrant workers or with a racial or ethnic background, and women, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be limited to a minimumbanned, while ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition. SomeNo deductions to statutory minimum wages may be justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as d. Deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may beare particularly unjustified orand disproportionate.
Amendment 330 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) Given the over-representation of women in low-paying jobs, the establishment of minimum wages can make significant contributions towards lower the existing gender pay gaps provided that they are stablished at levels that promote equal opportunities for women to enter and stay in the labour market and that there are no discrimination among workers or exclusions that could perpetuate gender pay differences and the undervaluation of women’s work, embedded in traditional differentials between sectors and occupations.
Amendment 335 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) An effective enforcement system, including controls and field inspections, is necessary to ensure the functioning of national statutory minimum wage frameworks. To strengthen the effectiveness of enforcement authorities, Member States shall carry out a minimum amount of controls per worker annually as well as enter into a close cooperation with the social partners is also needed, including to address critical challenges such as those related to sub- contracting, bogus self-employment or non-recorded overtime. Moreover, workers should have easily access to appropriate information on applicable statutory minimum wages to ensure an adequate degree of transparency and predictability as regards their working conditions.
Amendment 342 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The effective implementation of minimum wage protection set out by legal provisions or provided by collective agreements is essential in the performance of public procurement and concession contracts. Non-respect ofThe refusal to recognise trade unions, the right of workers to freely organise and participate in collective bargaining and the failure to comply with the working conditions set in collective agreements providing for minimum wage protection in a given sector may indeed occur in the execution of such contracts or in the sub-contracting chain thereafter, resulting in workers being paid less than the wage level agreed in the sectoral collective agreements. To prevent such situations, economic operators have to apply to their workers the wages set by collective agreements for the relevant sector and geographical area in order to abide by applicable obligations in the field of labour law, in accordance with Articles 18(2) and 71(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement40 , Articles 36(2) and 88(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and the Council41 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Articles 30(3) and 42(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and the Council42 on the award of concession contracts. __________________ 40Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65). 41 Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243). 42Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contract (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 351 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Reliable monitoring and data collection are key to ensure the effective protection of minimum wages. The Commission should report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council its assessment of developments in the adequacy and coverage of non- discriminatory minimum wages on the basis of annual data and information to be provided by Member States. In addition, progress should be monitored in the framework of the process of economic and employment policy coordination at Union level. In that context, the Employment Committee should examine every year the situation in the Member States on the basis of the reports produced by the Commission and other multilateral surveillance tools such as benchmarking.
Amendment 354 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Workers should be in a position to exercise their right of defence when their rights relating to established minimum wage protection are violated. In order to prevent that workers are deprived from their rights, and without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for in collective agreements, including systems of collective dispute resolution, Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure that they have access to effective, affordable, timely efficient and impartial dispute resolution guaranteeing anti- discrimination principles and a right to redress, including to adequate compensation, as well as effective protection from any form of detriment in case they decide to exercise their right of defence.
Amendment 364 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The reforms and measures adopted by the Member States to promote adequate minimum wage protection of workerin setting minimum wages, while being steps in the right direction, have not been comprehensive and systematic. Moreover and have failed to address the gender gap, in-work poverty and social exclusion, and have not guaranteed social protection. Regrettably, individual countries may be little inclined to improve the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 369 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) This Directive lays down minimum requirements, thus leaving untouched Member States' prerogative to introduce and maintain more favourable provisions. Rights acquired under the existing national legal framework should continue to apply, unless more favourable provisions are introduced by this Directive. The implementation of this Directive cannot be used to reduce existing rights for workers such as current minimum wages, the right to strike, the right to assemble, social protection, or leave entitlements, nor can it constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection afforded to workers in the field covered by this Directive.
Amendment 379 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In implementing this Directive Member States should avoid imposing unjustified administrative, financial and legal constraints in a way which would hold back the creation and development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Member States are therefore invited to assess the impact of their transposition act on small and medium-sized enterprises in order to ensure that they are not disproportionately affected, giving specific attention to micro-enterprises and to the administrative burden, and to publish the results of such assessments. If found that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises are disproportionately affected, Member States should consider introducing technical measures to support these enterprises to adjust their remuneration structures to the new requirements.
Amendment 395 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting adequate levels of minimum wages that provide for a decent standard of living and contribute to reducing wage inequality and the gender pay gap;
Amendment 407 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) access of all workers to minimum wage protection without discrimination, in the form of wages set out by collective agreements or in the form of a statutory minimum wage where it exists.
Amendment 412 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) promoting upward social convergence throughout the Union.
Amendment 418 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The fundamental purpose of this Directive shall be to ensure that Member States establish minimum permissible levels of wages under which they shall not fall. Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as a limitation for the provision of higher levels of wages.
Amendment 419 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. All Member States shall ensure the respect for the principle of equal pay for work of equal value.
Amendment 434 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all workers without distinction in the Union who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by law, collective agreements or practice in force in each Member State, with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The determination of the existence of an employment relationship shall be guided by the ILO Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2000 (No. 198).
Amendment 449 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘minimum wage’ means the minimum remuneration that an employer is required to pay to workers worker is entitled to for the work performed during a given period, calculated on the basis of time or output;
Amendment 464 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘collective bargaining’ means all negotiations which take place between an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organisations, on the one hand, and one or more workers’ organisattrade unions, on the other, for determining working conditions and terms of employment; and/or regulating relations between employers and workers; and/or regulating relations between employers or their organisations and a worker organisation or worker organisattrade unions;
Amendment 468 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘collective agreement’ means all agreements in writingaccordance with the national and regional practice of the social partners regarding working conditions and terms of employment concluded by the social partners as an outcome of collective bargaining;
Amendment 480 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) "decent standard of living" means minimum wages that are adequate to provide for the needs of workers and their families and support the transition to a sustainable, climate-neutral, and resource-efficient economy and consumption pattern, such needs include but are not limited to, costs of adequate housing, healthy food, clothing, transport, health care and medical supplies as well as resources necessary to participate in cultural, educational and social activities and insurance against unforeseen circumstances;
Amendment 481 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
(5 b) ‘Worker’ means a natural person who provides work or services in a predominantly personal capacity and is not genuinely operating a business undertaking on his or her own account.
Amendment 500 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promotensure the building and strengthening of the capacity of the social partners to engage in collective bargaining on wage setting at sector or cross-industry level and at national, regional or local level;
Amendment 507 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) provide for an enabling environment for collective bargaining, including by guaranteeing the right of workers to organise without interference by employers, the effective protection against discriminatory acts and effective access to information and facilities within workplaces.
Amendment 511 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) ensure observance of sectoral collective agreements that apply throughout the subcontracting chains.
Amendment 516 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. With a view to ensure transparency and effective implementation, collective agreements shall be made available to those employers and workers, they are applicable to.
Amendment 528 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States where collective bargaining coverage is less than 790% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2 shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions for collective bargaining, either by agreement between the social partners or by law after consultation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and shall establish an effective action plan to promotehat guarantees collective bargaining. The action plan shall be made public and shall be notified to the European Commission coverage for all workers without distinction. The action plan shall be made public on an annual basis and shall be subject to regular review in order to ensure continuous progress. The European Commission and Parliament shall be duly notified.
Amendment 555 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States with statutory minimum wages shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the setting and updating of statutory minimum wages contribute to combating poverty, promoting social cohesion, and reducing wage and gender inequality and are guided by criteria set to promote adequacy with the aim to achieve decent working and living conditions in all regions and urban areas for workers and their families, social cohesion and upward convergence. Member States shall define those criteria in accordance with their national and regional practices, either in relevant national legislation, in decisions of the competent bodies or in tripartite agreements. The criteria shall be defined in a stable and clear way.
Amendment 579 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the purchasing power of statutory minimum wages, taking into account the cost of living and the contribution of taxes and social benefits, which shall include, but not be limited to, costs of adequate housing, healthy food, clothing, transport, health care and medical supplies as well as resources necessary to participate in cultural, educational and social activities and insurance against unforeseen circumstances; and the contribution of taxes and social benefits with the objective of systematically adjusting to inflation;
Amendment 587 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the general level of gross wages and their distribution with the objective of reducing social and gender inequalities;
Amendment 592 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the growth rate of gross wages with the objective of reducing wage inequalities;
Amendment 595 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 605 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) (new) the at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers with the objective of decreasing the at-risk-of-poverty rate of the population;
Amendment 609 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) (new) in-work-poverty-rate, with the objective of eradicating in-work poverty;
Amendment 612 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
(dc) (new) the gender pay gap, with the objective of eradicating it;
Amendment 613 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Statutory minimum wages shall under no circumstances fall below 60 per cent of the gross median wage and 50 per cent of the gross average wage.
Amendment 624 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall use indicative reference values to guide their assessment of adequacy of statutory minimum wages in relation to the general level of gross wages, such as those commonly used at international level. in line with Article 4(1) of the European Social Charter
Amendment 644 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the regular and timelyannual updates of statutory minimum wages in order to preserve their adequacy.
Amendment 664 #
Amendment 671 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall not allow different rates of statutory minimum wages for specific groups of workers. Member States shall keep these variations to a minimum, and ensure that any variation is non- discriminatory, proportionate, limited in time if relevant, and objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim and shall enforce minimum wages in a non- discriminatory manner.
Amendment 688 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States mayshall not allow deductions by law that reduce the remuneration paid to workers to a level below that of the statutory minimum wage. Member States shall ensure that these deductions from statutory minimum wages are necessary, objectively justified and proportionate.
Amendment 695 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Amendment 702 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the social partners are involved in a timelyregular and effective manner in statutory minimum wage setting and updating, including through participation in consultative bodies referred to in Article 5(5) and notably as concerns:
Amendment 712 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 719 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the collection of data, disaggregated by gender, and the carrying out of studies for the information of statutory minimum wage setting authorities;
Amendment 723 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that social partners have full and timely access to the information available and necessary, as well as relevant external expertise, in order to effectively participate in the setting and updating of statutory minimum wages. The competent authority shall take its decisions in a transparent manner following meaningful consultations with social partners aimed at coming to an agreement, including by providing reasoned replies to proposals made.
Amendment 728 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States with statutory minimum wages shall, in cooperation with social partners, take the following measures to enhance the access of all workers to statutory minimum wage protection as appropriate:
Amendment 736 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthen the controls and field inspections conducted by labour inspectorates or the bodies responsible for the enforcement of statutory minimum wages. Labour inspectorates shall have the necessary human and financial resources at their disposal in order to be able to function effectively. The controls and inspections shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory;
Amendment 742 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) develop guidance for enforcement authorities to proactively target and pursue non-compliant businesses, particularly by conducting routine and unannounced visits that result in the initiation of legal proceedings and the imposition of dissuasive sanctions where infractions are detected;
Amendment 747 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ensure that information on statutory minimum wages, including relevant redress mechanisms in line article 11, is made publicly available in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible way, in different languages, including minority languages and in accessible formats for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 759 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, Directive 2014/25/EU and Directive 2014/23/EU, Member States, and in particular their contracting authorities, shall take appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public procurement or concession contracts economic operators comply with the wagerecognise trade unions, recognise the right of workers to organise, participate in collective bargaining, and comply with the wages and working conditions set out by collective agreements for the relevant sector and geographical area and with the statutory minimum wages where they exist, as well as the social law at national, European and international level.
Amendment 766 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Compliance with applicable requirements under this Directive shall be mandatory awarding and contract performance conditions for all public procurement and concession contracts subject to Directive 2014/24/EU, Directive 2014/25/EU, and Directive 2014/23/EU. Contracting authorities shall not award a tender where it has been established that it does not comply with applicable requirements under this Directive.
Amendment 777 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall task their competent authorities with developing effective data collection tools to monitor the coverage and adequacy of minimum wages, in collaboration with the social partners.
Amendment 786 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 792 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Amendment 806 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) the rate of collective bargaining coverage and progress made to increase coverage, particularly for vulnerable workers;
Amendment 816 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide the statistics and information referred to in this paragraph disaggregated by gender, age, disability, company size and sectorracial and ethnic background, company size and sector. Member states shall conduct a gender impact analysis with respect to coverage and adequacy on this basis.
Amendment 832 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that information regarding minimum wage protection, including collective agreements and wage provisions therein where they are universally applicable, is transparent and publicly accessible.
Amendment 848 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. On the basis of the report issued by the Commission, the Employment Committee set up in accordance with Article 150 TFEU shall set up a dedicated sub-committee to carry out every year an examination of the promotion of collective bargaining on wage setting and of the adequacy of minimum wages in the Member States. The sub-committee shall be composed of:
Amendment 851 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
(a) one member, representing the government, from each Member State;
Amendment 852 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point b (new)
(b) one member, representing the employers' organisations, from each Member State;
Amendment 853 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point c (new)
(c) one member, representing the trade unions, from each Member State;
Amendment 854 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point d (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point d (new)
(d) two members representing the Commission;
Amendment 855 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point e (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point e (new)
(e) one independent expert appointed by the European Parliament;
Amendment 856 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point f (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point f (new)
(f) two members representing trade unions at European level;
Amendment 857 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point g (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point g (new)
(g) two members representing employers’ organisations at European level.
Amendment 866 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for, where applicable, in collective agreements, workers, including those whose employment relationship has ended, have access to affordable, timely and efficient, effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including adequate compensation, in the case of infringements of their rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements.
Amendment 869 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The compensation referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure real and effective compensation for the loss and damage sustained, in a way which is dissuasive and proportionate to the damage suffered.
Amendment 870 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 871 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The compensation may not be restricted by the fixing of a prior upper limit.
Amendment 872 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Cost-free proceedings and legal aid shall be made available to those who lack sufficient resources in so far as such aid is necessary to ensure effective access to justice.
Amendment 881 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that, after possible recourse to conciliation, judicial procedures for the enforcement of rights and obligations are available to all workers who consider themselves wronged by a failure to apply these provisions. Such procedures shall be easily accessible to workers and to those who act on their behalf, even after the labour relationship in which the breach is alleged to have occurred has ended.
Amendment 883 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall introduce a system of joint and several liability to ensure that the entire subcontracting chain is jointly held liable where the applicable requirements under this Directive are infringed.
Amendment 898 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the national measures transposing this Directive, together with the relevant provisions already in force relating to the subject matter as set out in Article 1, are brought to the attention of workers and employers, including SMEs, as well as the general public.
Amendment 906 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall not constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection already afforded to workers within Member States, particularly with regard to income support mechanisms.
Amendment 909 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Nothing in this Directive shall be interpreted as restricting or adversely affecting workers' and trade union rights as recognised by Union law or international law and by international agreements to which the Union or the Member States are party, including the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and the relevant Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organisation.
Amendment 279 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 341 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In accordance with paragraph 1, the JTF shall support social investments, including those supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, ensuring the participation and accessibility of persons with disabilities and the most deprived persons, in particular through: (a) microfinance, social enterprise finance and social economy; (b) social infrastructure; (c) facilities for education and training, including early childhood education and care, educational facilities, student housing and digital equipment; (d) social housing and housing first solutions for people at risk or experiencing homelessness; (e) health and long-term care, including clinics, hospitals, primary care, home services and community-based care; (f) social innovation, including innovative social solutions and schemes aiming to promote social impacts and outcomes in the areas related thereto; (g) cultural and heritage activities with a social goal; (h) infrastructure for local communities such as community and volunteer centres (i) innovative health solutions, including health services and new care models.
Amendment 345 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In accordance with paragraph 1, the JTF shall support the following investments geared towards workers and job seekers: (a) upskilling and reskilling not only of workers but also persons outside and the furthest from the labour market, particularly those with under-exploited or low educational levels and having unequal access to traditional education and training opportunities, with the aim of bridging the skills gap necessary for the just transition to a green and resource- efficient society; (b) active labour market and skills policies targeted towards future-oriented sectors and employment, as well as personalised and people-centred job-search assistance to jobseekers; (c) income support measures for workers in transition between work, training, self- employment or retirement; (d) active inclusion of jobseekers; ensuring equal access and active outreach to persons furthest from the labour market, such as homeless people, and gender equality.
Amendment 2 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the new EU Strategy for Gender Equality1a, _______________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0025
Amendment 10 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas around 1 200 European Work Councils (EWCs) currently exist in the Union, with 18 000 individual representatives10; whereas, in 2018, only 15% of European Works Council members were women; __________________ 10 European Economic and Social Committee study of 31 August 2020, p 25.
Amendment 11 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas studies have shown that European Works Councils have a positive impact in the transition to a carbon- neutral and climate-neutral economy based on sustainable and circular use of resources and gender equality, and that they improve the organisation of work and decision-making;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that it is vital to increase the number of European Works Councils and ensure that they can effectively exercise their right of information and consultation, not just to help enforce the right to decent work in a safe environment, but also to ensure the transition to a climate-neutral digital economy;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that gender equality is required at all levels to ensure that workplaces are participatory; deplores the fact that much remains to be done to ensure equal opportunities in all aspects of worker participation in the EU, and adequate representation of workers with disabilities; calls for further action to be taken within European Works Councils to ensure gender balance and equality, in terms of both the number of seats occupied by workers and the council as a whole; notes that male/female quotas help to achieve greater diversity, as well as gender equality and equity in all decision- making bodies;
Amendment 157 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point g
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point g
“(g) ‘consultation’ means the establishment of dialogue and exchange of views between employees’ representatives and central management or any more appropriate level of management, at such time, in such fashion and with such content as enables employees’ representatives to express a prior opinion on the basis of the information provided about the proposed measures to which the consultation is related, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the management, and within a reasonable time, which is to be taken into account and inform a reasoned reply within the Community- scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings;”;
Amendment 162 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. NEW Article 3(1) 1. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘controlling undertaking’ means an undertaking which can exercise a dominant influence over another undertaking (the controlled undertaking) by virtue, for example, of ownership, financial participation or participation in the decision-making process, or the rules which govern it. Joint venture systems and franchising and/or licensing agreements shall be presumed to be covered by this Directive.
Amendment 167 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2b. NEW Article 5(2) 2. For this purpose, a special negotiating body shall be established within a maximum of six months in accordance with the following guidelines:
Amendment 178 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
“— where the special negotiating body has not been regularly convened at least once every quarter; — where, after onetwo years from the date of this request, they are unable to conclude an agreement as laid down in Article 6 and the special negotiating body has not taken the decision provided for in Article 5(5).”;
Amendment 190 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
This paragraph shall not apply to members of the European Works Council who pass on information to national or local work councils that may affect the situation of workers where such information has been provided to them in confidence and is subject to national rules on confidentiality, however, to communication between the European Works Council and national or local employees’ representatives and the competent recognised trade union organisation.
Amendment 194 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 4
2. Each Member State shall define, in specific and substantiated cases and under the conditions and limits laid down by national legislation, that the central management situated in its territory is not obliged to transmit information when its nature is such that, according to objective criteria, which it must communicate to the European Works Council or to the special negotiating body, it would seriously harm the functioning of the undertakings concerned or would be prejudicial to them.
Amendment 196 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 5
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 5
A Member State shall make such dispensation subject to prior administrative or judicial authorisation. It shall also ensure that the European Works Council or the special negotiating body has the legal capacity to request the review of the classification initially accepted by an urgent administrative or judicial decision.
Amendment 198 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) in Article 9, the following paragraph is added: The central management shall in all circumstances initiate the information and consultation procedure so that the European Works Council can consult local and national employees’ representatives and express its opinion within the time limits of the procedure.
Amendment 205 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
5b. NEW Article 9 The European Works Council may be assisted by experts of its choice, including representatives of competent trade union organisations recognised at EU level. At the request of the European Works Council, such experts and such trade union representatives shall attend meetings of the European Works Council and meetings with the central management in an advisory capacity.
Amendment 207 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5a. NEW Article 10(1) 1. Without prejudice to the competence of other bodies or organisations in this respect, the members of the special negotiating body or the European Works Council shall have the means required to apply the rights arising from this Directive to represent collectively the interests of the employees of the Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings, and the legal capacity to seek redress before the competent judicial authorities.
Amendment 218 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a – paragraph 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a – paragraph 2
Member States shall establish procedures to enablehat can be accessed in a timely manner by European Works Councils and special negotiating bodies as legal persons to enable: - the temporary suspensinjunction of decisions of the central management where such, and of individual effects arising for workers from such decisions, where said decisions are challenged on the basis that there has been an infringement of the information and consultation requirements under this Directive or under agreements concluded pursuant thereto; - retroactive sanctions in cases where a Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings is found guilty of having infringed the obligations arising from this Directive, but has already implemented transnational decisions.”;
Amendment 233 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b – paragraph 1
“The central management shall bear in full the direct costs incurred in carrying out the procedures, including the costs of legal representation and the subsidiary costs such as subsistence and travel expenses for at least one workers’ representativerepresentatives of the European Works Council.”;
Amendment 236 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
6a. NEW Article 11(1)(a) Member States shall ensure that trade unions represented in the Community- scale undertaking and in undertakings which form part of a Community-scale group of undertakings can engage, either on behalf of or in support of employees’ representatives, with European Works Councils and/or special negotiating bodies in any procedures established for the purpose of implementing this Directive.
Amendment 267 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Amendment 268 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 293 #
2019/2183(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 9 – paragraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 9 – paragraph 1
“The European Works Council shall have the right to meet with the central management at least twice a year, to be informed and consulted, on the basis of a report drawn up by the central management, on the progress of the business of the Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings and its prospects. The local managements shall be informed accordingly.”
Amendment 7 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted on 24 June 2013,
Amendment 30 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles (‘Principles and State Obligations on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics’) adopted in November 2006, and the 10 complementary principles (‘plus 10’) adopted on 10 November 2017,
Amendment 51 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 February 2018 on the future of the LGBTI List of Actions (2019-2024) (2019/2573(RSP)),
Amendment 94 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its deep concern at the attacks on democracy and the rule of law worldwide in 2018, which reflect the rise of authoritarianism as a political project, embodying disregard for human rights, repression of dissent, politicised justice and predetermined elections, shrinking space for civil society to operate, as well as limiting freedom of assembly and freedom of expression; is of the opinion that countries falling into authoritarian regimes become more vulnerable to instability, conflict, corruption and violent extremism; welcomes the fact that, at the same time, a number of countries have launched peace and democratisation processes, implemented constitutional and judicial reforms, and engaged with civil society in open and public debates with the objective of promoting fundamental freedoms and human rights, including the abolition of the death penalty;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds that there can be no hierarchy of human rights; stresses the need to ensure full respect for, and adherence to, the principle that human rights are universal and inalienable, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; stresses the severe unacceptability of attempts to use the rights of certain groups to justify the marginalisation of others;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that respecting and promoting the rights of the child, fighting against all manifestations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, the trafficking and exploitation of children, including the use of child soldiers in armed conflict, and providing children with care and education are crucial to the future of humanity;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to instances of persecution and discrimination based on ethnicity, nationality, class, caste, religion, belief, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics and age, which remain rife in many countries and societies; is seriously concerned at the increasingly intolerant and hate-filled responses targeting people who are the victims of these human rights violations;
Amendment 174 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that freedom of speech and expression, as well as media pluralism, are at the heart of resilient democratic societies; urges that the best possible safeguards against hate speech, disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda be put in place by developing a legal framework both at EU and international level for tackling hybrid threats, including cyber and information warfare;
Amendment 202 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that trade and human rights reinforce each other, and that the business community has an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy and corporate responsibility; reminds the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the need to make effective use of human rights clauses within international agreements, based on political dialogue, the regular assessment of progress and recourse to the consultation procedure upon request from a party; requests that robust implementation and monitoring mechanisms of human rights clauses be put in place, involving Parliament, national and local civil society and relevant international organisations, as well as establishing a complaints mechanism for groups of citizens and stakeholders who are affected by human rights violations;
Amendment 239 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the link between the increase in human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability in regions and countries devastated by conflicts or marked by politically motivated intimidation, discrimination, harassment and assault, abduction, violent policing, arbitrary arrests and cases of torture; stresses also that in conflicts, minorities and marginalised groups are often particularly severely impacted;
Amendment 278 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the invaluable and essential role that HRDs play at the risk of their lives; recommends strengthening cooperation between the EU institutions and the Member States, enabling them to provide continuous support to HRDs; values the ‘ProtectDefenders.eu’ mechanism established to protect HRDs at grave risk; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish a specific coordinated procedure for awarding visas to HRDs; calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial capacity of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to support HRDs, ensuring it is accessible and reaches those most in need, who are most marginalised;
Amendment 331 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for new EU initiatives to prevent and combat child abuse in the world, to rehabilitate conflict-affected children and children that suffer from multiple and intersectional discrimination, and to provide them with a sheltered environment in which care and education are fundamental; calls for the EU to initiate an international movement to advocate the rights of the child, inter alia by organising an international conference on the protection of children in fragile environments;
Amendment 347 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons
Amendment 356 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Strongly supports the Commission List of actions to advance LGBTI equality and the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons for external action from 2013, as important elements of the EU’s ongoing efforts to improve the human rights of LGBTI people, in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals; calls on the Commission/EEAS to continue the work on protecting and furthering the human rights of LGBTI people, by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, in order to combat discrimination and human rights violations, as well as support the development of legislation and policies protecting the human rights of LGBTI people worldwide;
Amendment 476 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; reminds that human rights are a fundamental corner stone of democratisation processes; positively notes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; recalls that the experience gained and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies could make a positive contribution to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide;
Amendment 18 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) refers to the promotion of a high level of employment as one objective to be taken into account when defining and implementing Union policies and activities. The PES network should base its work on Article 9 TFEU.
Amendment 21 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Network aims at reinforcing Public Employment Services (PES) capacity, service quality, effectiveness and efficiency through providing a platform for comparing their performance at European level, identifying good practices and establishing a mutual learning system with a view to actively supporting quality employment, decent as well as inclusive work, and areas of high job potential such as green jobs. It also aims at giving the PES more opportunities to help develop innovative, evidence-based policies in line with relevant Union policy initiatives.
Amendment 27 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to capitalise on the results achieved so far and further foster cooperation between PES, the period of establishment of the Network should be prolonged until 31 December 2027Network should become a permanent structure.
Amendment 32 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The continuation of the Network should support the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, which includes the provision of active support to employment among its principles. It should also contribute to sustainable development goal 8 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by contributing to inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all as well as a socially just green transition.
Amendment 33 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Network should continue to organise cooperation and contacts with othercooperate even stronger with relevant labour market stakeholders to promote synergies between them, including in particular cooperation with Union Agencies in the area of employment, social policy, gender, education and training, organisations representing unemployed persons or vulnerable groups, equality bodies, NGOs working in the field of employment, human rights and just transition, as well as the social partners, to promote synergies and to ensure a consistent policy framework, where relevant.
Amendment 39 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Union financial support for the Network should be made available in accordance with the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027.
Amendment 40 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
A Union-wide network of Public Employment Services (PES) (‘the Network’) is hereby established for the period until 31 December 2027. The European Parliament and the Council shall review the establishment of the Network in light of the Commission’s evaluations as referred to in Article 10.
Amendment 41 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – introductory part
The aim of this Decision is to encourage cooperation between Member States through the Network in the field of employment, within the areas of PES responsibility, in order to contribute to the implementation of the Union’s employment policies. This will also help implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, thereby supporting:and social policies.
Amendment 49 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(2a) In Article 3(1), the following point is inserted: “(aa) the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Green New Deal and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs);”
Amendment 51 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(2b) In Article 3(1), point (c) is replaced by the following: “(c) the better functioning and inclusiveness of the labour markets in the EU;”
Amendment 53 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(2c) In Article 3(1), point (f) is replaced by the following: “(f) increased voluntary geographical and occupational mobility on a fairn individual basis to meet specific labour marketdecent work needs;”
Amendment 56 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(2c ) In point (a) of Article 4(1), the following point is inserted: “(iiia) career counselling and training, especially as regards green jobs and just transition;”
Amendment 60 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) contribute to modernising and strengthening PES in key areas, in line withview of the Union’s employment policies, the European Pillar of Social Rights, and the Sustainable Development GoalUNSDGs as well as challenges related to technological developments, the changing world of work, green jobs, the prevention of unemployment and a better inclusion and targeted support for jobseekers;
Amendment 63 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promote and share best practices on the identification of3a) In Article 4(1), point (g) is replaced by the following: “(g) promote and share best practices on the integration of long-term unemployed people and workers with disabilities into the labour market as well as on the identification of and support for NEETs and on the development of initiatives to ensure those young people gain the skills necessary to enter and, remain and develop in the labour market.”
Amendment 66 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 5
Article 5
Article 5 Article 5 Cooperation Cooperation The Network shall develop cooperation with relevant labour market stakeholders, including relevant Public Employment Services from third countries that are not members of the EEA, other providers of employment services and the social partners, and where appropriate, EU Agencies in the area of employment, social policy, gender and education and training, social partners, organisations representing unemployed persons or vulnerable groups, equality bodies, NGOs working in the field of employment, human rights and just transition, and regional and local authorities, by involving them in relevant activities and meetings of the Network and by exchanging information and data with them.
Amendment 71 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 7
Article 7
Article 7 Article 7 Financial support Financial support The global resources for the implementation of this Decision shall be made available in accordance with the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 as appropriate, the annual appropriations of which shall be authorised by the European Parliament and by the Council within the limits of the financial framework.
Amendment 73 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
The delegation of power referred to in Article 8 shall be conferred on the Commission until 31 December 2027.
Amendment 74 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 10
Article 10