Activities of Anne-Sophie PELLETIER related to 2023/2113(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report
Amendments (7)
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that membership of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should be a precondition for receiving EU funds; reiterates its call for an expansion of the mandate of EPPOconsidered a central element when assessing Member States' anti-corruption framework;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that corruption may involve national authorities, including judicial and police authorities, who are the very authorities who are supposed to be combating it; considers that EU bodies, such as Europol, could play an important role in investigating corruption and securing evidence, but that the requirement for national approval of Europol involvement is an obstacle; calls for the reinforcement of the Europol mandate to enable it to investigate corruption cases of the kind described above;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that the freedoms of expression and assembly are being exercised under worrying conditions across the EU and stresses that restrictions to the right to peaceful assembly cannot in principle be based on the substance of the message which the participants of a protest wish to convey, since the right to peaceful assembly is closely connected with the right to freedom of expression, except for assemblies aimed at inciting violence, which is the only exception to this principle; insist that laws and practices on assemblies should always abide by international human rights standards on freedom of assembly and policing of demonstrations, including the provision of substantial human rights trainings for police officers; calls on the Member States not to adopt laws or practices that preventively restrict the right to peaceful assembly or that would criminalise protesters in advance without judicial oversight;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Is deeply concerned about the fact that many instances of disproportionate use of force against demonstrators continue to be reported across the EU, including the beating of demonstrators, and that law enforcement authorities in some Member States are increasingly using less lethal weapons to control or disperse crowds of demonstrators, leading to a striking number of persons seriously wounded in recent years;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Warns that the use of excessive force by law enforcement authorities in France is extremely worrying; stresses that French police are more heavily armed than police elsewhere in the European Union and that less lethal weapons such as the LBDs, or riot guns firing rubber bullets are a big part of the reason for severe injuries and killings; is concerned about the fact that arbitrary detentions in demonstrations are also a usual practice by law enforcement authorities in France, which constitute a violation of the right to liberty, as most of the detainees are released within a few hours without any charges; considers that the practice of chokeholds and other methods to restrict air flow should be banned and that police officers should be trained in to use alternative practices for maintaining public order that do not endanger the lives of demonstrators and detainees; calls on the Member States to introduce EU-wide guidelines for a transparent, independent and consistent selection, testing and trialling process for the weapons used by law enforcement personnel, based on UN standards, recommendations and guiding principles; notes that this assessment should determine compliance with international human rights law and standards prior to selection and deployment; calls on the Member States to collect data on all uses of force to enable the gathering of evidence about use, misuse, unexpected consequences, injuries and deaths and their causes;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Condemns the recent killing of a young Roma man by the Greek police and calls on the Greek authorities for an effective prompt and independent investigation, as well as the prosecution of those responsible; believes that it is extremely worrying that a number of violent incidents against Roma people involving police officers were reported in recent years in Greece and is deeply concerned by the fact that three young Roma have been killed in three years;