(c a) the placing on the market, putting into service, or use of AI systems intended to be used as polygraphs and similar tools to detect the emotional state, trustworthiness or related characteristics of a natural person;

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Brando BENIFEI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Andreas SCHIEDER, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Bettina VOLLATH, Tsvetelina PENKOVA, René REPASI, Birgit SIPPEL, Maria GRAPINI, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Marc ANGEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the AI systems pose a risk of harm to the health and safety, or a risk of adverse impact on fundamental rights, that is, in respect of its severity and probability of occurrence, equivalent to or greater than the risk of harm or of adverse impact posed by the high-risk AI systems already referred to in Annex III.deleted

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Petar VITANOV, Birgit SIPPEL, Bettina VOLLATH, Tsvetelina PENKOVA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Maria GRAPINI, Brando BENIFEI

(a a) evaluation of how the principles of Article 4a are adhered to;

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

2021/0106(COD)

Brando BENIFEI, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Andreas SCHIEDER, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Bettina VOLLATH, Tsvetelina PENKOVA, Petar VITANOV, René REPASI, Birgit SIPPEL, Maria GRAPINI, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Marc ANGEL

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

(b) estimation and evaluation of the risks that may emerge when the high-risk AI system is used in accordance with its intended purpose or reasonably foreseeable use and under conditions of reasonably foreseeable misuse;

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point g

(g) the validation and testing procedures used, including information about the validation and testing data used and their main characteristics; metrics used to measure ~~accuracy~~performance, robustness, cybersecurity and compliance with other relevant requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2 as well as potentially discriminatory impacts; test logs and all test reports dated and signed by the responsible persons, including with regard to pre-determined changes as referred to under point (f).

2022/06/13
Committee: IMCO LIBE

Lara WOLTERS, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Bettina VOLLATH

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Articles 19a and 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU apply to large undertakings that are public-interest entities with an average number of employees in excess of 500, and to public-interest entities that are parent undertakings of a large group with an average number of employees in excess of 500 on a consolidated basis, respectively. In view of the growth of users’ needs for sustainability information, additional categories of undertakings should be required to report such information. It is therefore appropriate to require all large undertakings and all undertakings listed on regulated markets, ~~except micro undertakings, to report detailed sustainability information. In addition, all undertakings that are parent un~~and small and medium-sized undertakings operating in high-risk economic sectors, to report derta~~kings of large groups should prepare sustainability reporting at group level~~iled sustainability information.

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

2021/0104(COD)

Isabel SANTOS, Maria ARENA, Bettina VOLLATH

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 2 – point 17

(17) ‘sustainability matters’ ~~means~~ refers to environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, anti- corruption and anti-bribery matters (sustainability factors), as ~~defined in Article 2, point (24) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council\*4, and governance factors~~well as proportionate and commensurate due diligence by undertakings to identify, prevent, mitigate, remediate, and communicate on adverse impacts on human rights, labour rights, including trade unions rights, the environment and good governance in relation to their own activities, their value chains and business relationships, with reference to applicable legal duties, standards and guidance;

2021/12/16
Committee: AFET

Lara WOLTERS, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Bettina VOLLATH

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) Considering the growing relevance of sustainability-related risks and taking into account that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) listed on regulated markets comprise a significant proportion of all listed undertakings in the Union, in order to ensure investor protection it is appropriate to require that also those SMEs disclose information on sustainability matters. The introduction of this requirement will help to ensure that financial market participants can include smaller listed undertakings in investment portfolios on the basis that they report the sustainability information that financial market participants need. It will therefore help to protect and enhance the access of smaller listed undertakings to financial capital, and avoid discrimination against such undertakings on the part of financial market participants. The introduction of this requirement is also necessary to ensure that financial market participants have the information they need from investee undertakings to be able to comply with their own sustainability disclosure requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. SMEs listed on regulated markets should, however, be provided with sufficient time to prepare for the application of the requirement to report sustainability information, due to their smaller size and more limited resources, and taking account of the difficult economic circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They should ~~also~~ be given the possibility to report according to standards that are proportionate to the capacities and resources of SMEs. Non- listed SMEs can ~~also~~either choose to use these proportionate standards on a voluntary basis, or report according to the standards applicable to large undertakings. The SME standards will set a reference for undertakings that are within the scope of the Directive regarding the level of sustainability information that they could reasonably request from SME suppliers and clients in their value chains.

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

Lara WOLTERS, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Bettina VOLLATH

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) Article 23(4), first subparagraph, point (i), and Article 23(4), fourth subparagraph of Directive 2004/109/EC empower the Commission to adopt measures to set up a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of information required under the Directive, and for the establishment of general equivalence criteria regarding accounting standards, respectively. Article 23(4), third subparagraph, of Directive 2004/109/EC also empowers the Commission to take the necessary decisions on the equivalence of accounting standards that are used by third-country issuers. In order to reflect the inclusion of the sustainability requirements in Directive 2004/109/EC, the Commission should be empowered to establish a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of sustainability reporting standards applied by third-country issuers of securities. For the same reason, the Commission should also be empowered to take the necessary decisions on the equivalence of sustainability reporting standards that are used by third-country issuers. Those amendments will ensure consistent equivalence regimes for sustainability reporting obligations and for financial reporting obligations regarding the annual financial report.deleted

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

2021/0104(COD)

Isabel SANTOS, Maria ARENA, Bettina VOLLATH

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b – point iii a (new)

(iii a) the undertaking’s value chain linked to severe actual and potential impacts, including sector-specific information on suppliers, types of products and services supplied, and on sourcing and traceability of commodities and materials associated with high likelihood of actual or potential adverse impacts on sustainability matters.

2021/12/16
Committee: AFET

Lara WOLTERS, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Bettina VOLLATH

(22) Article 23 of Directive 2013/34/EU exempts parent undertakings from the obligation to prepare consolidated financial statements and a consolidated management report where those undertakings are subsidiaries of another parent undertaking that complies with that obligation. It should be specified, however, that the exemption regime for consolidated financial statements and consolidated management reports operates independently from the exemption regime for consolidated sustainability reporting. An undertaking can therefore be exempted from consolidated financial reporting obligations but not exempted from consolidated sustainability reporting obligations where its ultimate parent prepares consolidated financial statements and consolidated management reports in accordance with Union law, or in accordance with equivalent requirements if the undertaking is established in a third country, but does not prepare consolidated sustainability reporting in accordance with EU law, or in accordance with equivalent requirements if the undertaking is established in a third country.deleted

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

2021/0104(COD)

Isabel SANTOS, Maria ARENA, Bettina VOLLATH

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c – point ii

(ii) business ethics and corporate culture, including anti-corruption and anti- bribery programmes, assessment of corruption risks, and whistleblowing systems and results;

2021/12/16
Committee: AFET

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – point c – subpoint v

(v) the undertaking’s internal control and risk management systems, including in relation to the undertaking’s reporting and decision-making process.

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

2021/0104(COD)

Lara WOLTERS, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Bettina VOLLATH, Paul TANG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2013/34/EU

(v a) the undertaking's fair taxation policy, including its policy on the use of tax incentives and third countries to achieve a reduction in tax payments;

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

2021/0104(COD)

Lara WOLTERS, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Bettina VOLLATH, Paul TANG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) the work of global standard-setting initiatives for sustainability reporting, and existing standards and frameworks for natural capital accounting, responsible business conduct, corporate social responsibility including fair tax policies, and sustainable development;

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)

Article 4 a Review The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Directive, including, among other aspects, its effectiveness, the convergence of reporting practices, the convergence of the practices of data providers, and the level of guidance and methods provided. The report shall be published by 1 January 2028

2021/12/15
Committee: JURI

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the reports of 24 January 2018 and 15 July 2020, of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, respectively presenting framework principles on human rights and the environment and being entitled ‘Human rights depend on a healthy biosphere’,

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

– having regard to the ‘Leaders’ Pledge for Nature’ entitled "United to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030 for Sustainable Development", adopted by political leaders participating in the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity of 30 September 2020,

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

– having regard to the study of April 2020 of the European Parliament's Policy Department for External Relations on "Biodiversity as a Human Right and its implications for the EU’s External Action" (PE 603.491) requested by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights,

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas current negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80 % of the assessed targets for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans and land; whereas the EU has a great responsibility to play a global leadership role on biodiversity as a human right at the multilateral level as well as bilaterally and unilaterally;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the health and livelihoods of people around the world; whereas the destruction of natural habitats, in particular tropical forests which are exceptional reserves of biodiversity, lead to an increase of areas of contact between humans and wildlife and could be a factor favourable to the future emergence and spread of viral diseases;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the CBD serves as the basis for defining policies aimed at protecting biodiversity from a human right perspective, and for extending the scope of international obligations on biodiversity in relation to human rights; whereas the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment paves the way to the shaping of a legal frame of human rights obligations relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the EU and its Member States have to comply with their international obligations on biodiversity and human rights in good faith and with mutual support, alongside their EU law obligations on policy coherence in external action, in line with the obligation under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights to integrate a high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment into the policies of the Union and in accordance with the principle of sustainable development;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas the number of environmental and land human rights defenders (HRDs) murdered or subjected of acts of violence, abduction, threats, harassment, intimidation and smear campaigns has increased considerably worldwide in recent years; whereas they often face great adversities and dangers, in some contexts featured by profit-driven exploitation of natural resources coupled with endemic corruption and poverty;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas at least a quarter of the global land area is estimated to be owned, managed, used or occupied by indigenous peoples and local communities, and is under growing environmental stress, mainly due to agribusiness, resource extraction, commodity production, mining and transport and energy infrastructure;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. UStresses that biodiversity and human rights are interlinked and interdependent, and recalls the human rights obligations of states to protect the biodiversity on which those rights depend, including by providing for the participation of citizens in biodiversity- related decisions; underlines the need for increased urgent efforts to maintain biodiversity, in particular by taking effective actions to simultaneously protect human rights and conserve and sustainably use nature; 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 by supporting the crucial role of local communities, indigenous peoples and environmental human rights defenders in maintaining biodiversity;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed involving collaboration across disciplines and sectors; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the EU current policies and how to strengthen human rights within the alignment;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that measures to protect biodiversity must be integrated into all economic sectors and reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chains; underlines the need to strengthen the access to remedy for victims of corporate abuses, when encouraging the adoption of National Action Plans and in support to environmental and indigenous human rights defenders;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to mainstream biodiversity as a human right in EU external action and promote ambitious biodiversity-related policies in international fora, in accordance with the European Green Deal and the new EU Biodiversity Strategy; also calls on the Commission to deal with cooperation issues related to the conservation of biodiversity and respect for international environmental and human rights obligations in a common and consistent way, in particular through EU international comprehensive and sectoral agreements and political dialogues with partner countries; urges the Commission, in this regard, to make the most of human rights and sustainable development impact assessments and related recommendations; also calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines on the human right to a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment; calls on the EEAS to support the Commission in mainstreaming biodiversity as a human right in external action arising from the Green Deal and the new EU biodiversity strategy;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Regrets that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030; also calls on a transformation of fisheries in order to promote ocean biodiversity;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Bettina VOLLATH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to include explicit consideration of biodiversity as a human right in human rights dialogues and as part of the human rights component of policy dialogues, including as part of the practice of handing over 'an individual cases list' of human rights violations committed against human rights defenders or other individuals, as well as during visits to third-country human rights institutions, with a view to supporting integrated programming of external assistance and protection of human rights defenders; calls on the EEAS to ensure that EU Delegations offer a point of contact for NGOs, indigenous peoples’ and biodiversity defenders;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 47 a (new)

— Whereas a number of Member States have launched new “Digital Nomad Visas” which aim at facilitating the residence of remote workers or remote self-employed persons;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Evin INCIR, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 47 b (new)

— Whereas Covid19 has transformed the way the world works and in lieu has created a situation for many European workers and self-employed persons to work remotely;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Evin INCIR, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 47 c (new)

— whereas as noted in the European Parliament report on fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers – new forms of employment linked to digital development (2019/2186(INI)), the misclassification of some platform workers as self-employed causes uncertainty and deprives workers of their access to employment rights, social protection, entitlements and the application of relevant rules;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the creation of a Union-wide talent pool for third-country nationals who wish to apply for work with a view to migrating legally to a Member State, as well as for employers to search for potential employees in third countries, would be an essential tool for achieving the purpose of the proposed act and calls on the Commission to include the creation of such a talent pool in its proposal and create a framework for the validation and recognition of skills and qualifications, based on objective and uniform criteria;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Dietmar KÖSTER, Łukasz KOHUT, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the Commission’s statement in its communication of 23 September 2020 on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum regarding the enhancement of ~~short-term mobility as a complement to legal~~ pathways, especially for the purposes of research or study in order to improve ~~upstream~~ cooperation with third countries~~, for example to stem irregular migratory flows,~~ and asks the Commission to explore this direction further;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Directive (EU) 2021/...15 , but considers it insufficient due to the fact that the labour markets of the Union are also in need of low- and medium-skilled workers; calls, therefore, on the Commission to include in its proposal an admission scheme for low- and medium- skilled third-country workers, including the creation of a framework for the validation and recognition of their skills and qualifications, based on objective and uniform criteria; _________________ 15EUT number of 2016/0176 COD to be inserted.;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the Union ~~is in need of more self-employed people and entrepreneurs in order to remain compet~~needs to boost its culture of entrepreneurship to remain relevant and competitive in the global market, increasing the economy’s agility, robustness, stability, and growth while creating new economic activity and employment opportunitives; calls on the Commission to include in its proposal an admission scheme for entry and residence of ~~self- employed people and~~ entrepreneurs, in particular those whorking to establish small and medium- sized enterprises and start-ups, based on objective and uniform criteria;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recognises that the increased emergence of gig work over the past years has however resulted in the major exploitation of workers who are often forced to declare themselves as self- employed persons rather than employees of a business and that this is not only detrimental to the rights of workers themselves but in consequence devalues the notion of “self-employed persons”; welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a proposal for a legislative initiative to improve the working conditions of platform workers by the end of 2021, as announced in the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and preceded by a two-stage consultation of the social partners; Emphasises that any proposal in this regard must seek to combat the exploitation of platform and gig workers as consequences of the misclassification of platform workers as self-employed persons;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Encourages the European Commission to evaluate different schemes across the European Union which cater to remote workers, such as so called “nomad visa schemes” and youth mobility schemes in order to attract more diverse talent to the European Union;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that one of the objectives of Directive 2011/98/EU is to simplify and harmonise the rules concerning permits currently applicable in the Member States, while also promoting equal treatment; further notes that this objective has not been fully achieved, with some of the provisions being implemented in different ways across the Union; requests the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure that ~~the~~all Member States implement thate Directive fully; furthermore considers that thate Directive should be amended to allow applications for a single permit to be lodged either from within ~~both~~ a Member State ~~and~~or from a third country, and, that in order to reach a broader category of workers, the scope and the application of the Directive should be expanded; calls on the Commission to further simplify and harmonise the rules, ~~to clearly~~as well as to regulate the procedure for obtaining an entry visa ~~so as to~~, thus avoiding applicants having to submit the documents needed to obtain a single permit twice, and to reduce dependency of workers from risks of exploitation; calls on the Commission to include such amendments in its proposal;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Requests that the Commission includes in its proposal the establishment of a transnational advisory service network, to be managed by the Commission, for ~~legally migrating~~ third- country workers, with each Member State designating a lead authority to ~~process applications and to~~ coordinate the advice and information provided to third-country nationals applying for work in the Union; insists that the lead authorities should be responsible for the sharing of information among Member States ~~on third-country worker~~labour migration rules and should act as contact points for the talent pool; asks that the lead authorities be responsible also for close coordination with one another with regard to applications lodged for a single permit to reside and work in accordance with Directive 2011/98/EU in order to avoid double submissions;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Evin INCIR, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Encourages Member States to adopt a naming and shaming approach to enterprises which exploit third country nationals for human capital;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the Commission to improve the regulation on private agencies involved in international recruitment;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Dietmar KÖSTER, Łukasz KOHUT, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the European Commission to issue new proposals on the employment of asylum seekers while awaiting a decision on their asylum claim, thus reducing the negative impacts of forced inactivity until the finalisation of their asylum procedure;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Evin INCIR, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Encourages the European Commission to conduct a study on the issue of third country nationals turnover rates within the European Union, in order to better understand the reasons behind departure from a Member State within the first three years of arrival, resulting in a high cost base for employers, diminishing competitiveness and increasing the cost of living;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14 c. Encourages the European Commission to conduct a study on the impact of increased economic migration into the Union on the housing market, with the aim of creating a set of recommendations that ensure the housing market is not disproportionately affected and remains affordable to all;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 1 – title

Recommendation 1 (on the establishment of a Union-wide talent pool for ~~legally migrating~~ third-country nationals)

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 1 – indent 1

- The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should establish a Union-wide talent pool for third-country nationals who wish to apply for work in ~~and migrate legally to~~ a Member State, as well as for Union-based employers to search in third countries for potential employees, and should facilitate the admission and free movement of third- country workers. The European Parliament considers that such a Union-wide talent pool should establish synergies with the existing framework and the legislative act should therefore amend Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in order to expand the current scope of the EURES Portal, established by that Regulation;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – indent 1

- It is a pressing need for the Union to ~~improve its attractiveness for all skilled~~allow the admission of third- country workers, ~~not only for highly-~~across all skilled ~~worker~~levels. With the revision of the Directive (EU) [EU BLUE CARD], the Union has taken further steps to achieve that goal for highly-skilled third- country workers. However, it is imperative to achieve that goal for third- country workers in jobs considered to be low- and medium- skilled ~~third-country workers~~ in order to fill vacancies and improve matching on the Member States’ labour markets, further enhancing the Union’s economic competitiveness.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – indent 2

- To properly address that issue, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to, within the legislative act to be adopted, include provisions setting up an admission scheme with conditions of entry and residence for low- and medium- skilled third-country workers. The scheme should ensure equal treatment in coherence with the existing EU acquis on labour migration, and include the creation of a framework within which third-country workers are able to have their skills and qualifications properly recognised and validated for use on the Member States’ labour markets.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Evin INCIR, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – indent 1

- Traditionally, a work permits ~~has only been issued~~are issued in the place where the third- country national ~~already~~ has an employment contract or a ~~firm~~n offer of employment. However, the European Parliament is of the view that the basis for issuing work permits could be improved and developed further. Along the same lines, the Commission has stated that its objective is to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs, thereby improving Europe’s economic performance1 . Third- country nationals working as entrepreneurs or as self-employed people might experience that the environment in their country of origin is not conducive for their start-up or for their efforts as entrepreneurs. ~~Through a Union-wide admittance scheme such third-country nationals could be gi~~Member state regulations regarding self-employment and entrepreneurship of third-country nationals vary across the Union. EU levenl a~~n opportunity to migrate legally to the Union and establish themselves and~~ction should promote a favourable environment for entrepreneurship of their ~~businesse~~d-country nationals. _________________ 1 https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/sme- strategy/start-up-procedures_en

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – indent 2 a (new)

- - However in order to respect the growing spirit of entrepreneurship which the union must foster, it is imperative that the European Commission takes a firm stand to make a distinction between entrepreneurship, self-employed persons and persons who are engaged in gig work and are forced and exploited by their employers to declare themselves as self- employed persons, which results in a deprivation of workers access to employment rights, social protections, entitlements and the application of relevant rules.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – title

Recommendation 5 (on the simplification and improvement of Directive 2011/98/EU)

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – indent 1

- The European Parliament is of the view that procedures with respect to Directive 2011/98/EU should be further harmonised for that Directive to be fully efficient, therefore considers that the legislative act to be adopted should amend that Directive in order to allow applications for a single permit to be lodged ~~both~~either from within the territory of a Member State ~~and from a third country, while engaging both the Member States and the third countries in a system that shares information on, and coordinates with respect to, the applications lodged~~or from a third country. The European Parliament moreover calls for, inter alia, the clear regulation and streamlining of the procedure for applying for an entry visa in order to avoid applicants having to submit the documents needed twice to obtain~~ing a single permit twice, and also requests the Commission to propose changes that would~~ a single permit. Furthermore, requests the Commission to propose changes that would alleviate the difficulties facing third- country nationals holding work permits, when changing employment. This creates an environment where the permit holder is forced to become dependent on the employer. The Commission should therefore analyse the efficiency of permit procedures and reduce unnecessary administrative requirements which obstacles for potential employees, and employers. Requests the Commission to propose changes that would address the lack of implementation of equal treatment provisions in the Directive and persistent labour exploitation, in particular to alleviate the difficulties facing third- country nationals holding ~~work~~single permits when changing or losing employment, thus making the permit holder too dependent on the employer. An effective workplace monitoring and complaints’ mechanisms to protect all migrant workers’ labour rights, which should in particular guarantee effective access to justice and redress and protect workers from retaliation, must be ensured.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – title

Recommendation 6 (on the establishment of a Union-wide transnational advisory service network for ~~legally~~ migrating workers)

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – indent 1

- The European Parliament is of the view that systematic cooperation between and engagement with the authorities of Member States and of third countries is required to enhance legal pathways for labour migration. To achieve that goal, the European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should establish a transnational advisory service network, managed by the Commission, for third-country workers, with each Member State designating a lead authority to coordinate the advice and information provided to ~~legally migrating~~ third-country nationals applying for work in the Union. The authorities in each Member State should also be responsible for closely coordinating with one another with regard to applications lodged for a single permit to reside and work in the Union in accordance with Directive 2011/98/EU in order to avoid double submissions. That network should also take into account national specificities and different demands of national labour markets.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – indent 2

- In addition, each Member State should ~~be responsible for requesting from employers~~use information on third-country workers, in full respect of Union data protection law, in order to enable third- country nationals to be connected with the relevant authorities and support services, in order to facilitate the protection and strengthening of the equal rights and treatment of third-country workers. This transnational advisory service network should facilitate the running of the talent pool, as outlined in Recommendation 1.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 7 – indent 1

- Promoting professional mobility for ~~legally residing~~ third-country nationals working in a Member State also means protecting them from exploitation. Numerous third-country nationals, in particular low-skilled third- country nationals, hesitate to leave an exploitative employer because it would mean that they would lose their work permit and right to stay in the Union. Holders of a work permit issued under the Directive 2014/36/EU are, in particular, prone to exploitation, seeing how they often tend to work within sectors mainly employing low-skilled workers.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2255(INL)

Cyrus ENGERER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Bettina VOLLATH, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria GRAPINI, Pietro BARTOLO, Isabel SANTOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 7 – indent 2

- Therefore, the European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should amend Directive 2014/36/EU to allow holders of work permits under that Directive a period of three months to seek new employment after having left their previous employer without having their permit revoked. The European Parliament recommends that the Commission, at the same time, considers other appropriate amendments to that Directive in order to bring it up to date and in line with other more recent Union legal acts dealing with legal migration and further address persistent labour exploitation of seasonal workers.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, and in particular Article 13 and Article 14 thereof,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

— having regard to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 1984 and in particular Article 3, and the additional protocol thereto,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

— having regard to the work of various international human rights mechanisms, including the reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, notably his follow-up to the regional study on the management of the external borders of the European Union and its impact on the human rights of migrants of 8 May 2015, as well as his report on the freedom of association of migrants of May 2020, and of other Special Rapporteurs, the Universal Periodic Review and the work of other treaty bodies,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the Report of the UN Secretary-General: Smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya form September 2020 (S/2020/876) in particular violations faced by migrants and asylum seekers in Libya,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)

- having regard to the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Libya, and the effectiveness of technical assistance and capacity-building measures received by the Government of Libya in particular the paralysis of the state’s security institutions by armed groups and militias,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

- having regard to EU Regulation 656/2014: establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

- having regard to the Council Conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020- 2024, and the annexed EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020- 2024, as agreed by the Council on 17 November 2020,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)

- having regard to the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council for the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III {SWD(2020) 284 final},

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)

- having regard to the Malta Declaration by the members of the European Council on the external aspects of migration: addressing the Central Mediterranean route of 3 February 2017,

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas migration is a global phenomenon amplified by globalisation, rising conflicts, inequalities, and climate disruption; whereas gradual, normative development within the modern international human rights framework of the rights of migrants, independently of their legal status, represents a source of progress and collective pride for humanity; whereas migrants remain and - in particular - forcibly displaced persons, however, among the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups worldwide and continue to face violations of their rights; whereas migration continues to be for many individuals a human journey marred by suffering, discrimination and violence; whereas the European Union, as a historic region of both emigration and immigration ~~and~~, as a community united by founding values of human dignity, freedom and human rights and as one of the worlds’ largest donors promoting sustainable development, supporting displaced persons and working through multilateral forums towards finding durable solutions, has a particular duty to respect, protect and promote the rights of migrants, notably in its external dealings;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the EU Gender Action Plan III commits the EU to ensuring that "the human rights of migrant women and girls are fully realised through gender- responsive migration policies, programmes and laws, and gender- responsive migration governance at global, regional and national levels reinforced";

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas UN human rights experts, NGOs and civil society organisations warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is having serious and disproportionate effects on migrants and their families globally; whereas they have called on states to protect the rights of migrants and their families, regardless of their migration status, both during and after the pandemic;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that these obligations require not only the abstract recognition of the applicability of the relevant standards, but also an appropriate operationalisation through detailed and specific instruments that allow for effective protection and safeguards in practice as well as through a human rights- based approach to the entire migration policy cycle, from formulation to adoption, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that, in compliance with Article 3(5) and 21 TEU, the EU and, when applying EU law, the Member States, in their external and extraterritorial actions in the areas of migration, borders and asylum, sh~~ould pay specific attention to~~all respect the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to asylum, human dignity and security, the protection from enforced disappearance, the prohibition of ill- treatment, torture, slavery and forced labour, the right to the protection of personal data, protection in the event of removal, expulsion or extradition and the obligation to take the interests of the child as a primary consideration, as well as adopting a gender-sensitive approach, and to ensure non-discrimination and procedural guarantees such as the right to an effective remedy and data protection;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Observes that the Commission has yet to evaluate the impact of the implementation of its successive migration policy frameworks, notably the GAMM and the new Partnership Framework, on the human rights of TCNs as well as the human rights impact of the EU’s cooperation on migration with third countries, including the impact of EU’s support for partner countries’ border and security forces; insists on the need to carry out such an evaluation in a comprehensive, inclusive and public format with a view to ensuring the full human rights compliance of the EU’s external migration policy including with regards to the Facility for Refugees in Turkey in the framework of the EU-Turkey statement and the EUTF;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with great concern the absence of operational, reporting, monitoring, evaluation and accountability mechanisms at the level of individual cases to track and respond to potential violations, as well as the lack of effective judicial remedies for persons whose rights are allegedly violated as a consequence of EU and EU agencies cooperation with third countries, especially in the case of informal agreements and financial cooperation;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the EU to ensure that readmission agreements and agreements for cooperation on border management are only concluded with third countries that explicitly commit to respecting human rights and the rights enshrined in the UN Refugee Convention, and to ensure that such cooperation does not lead to violations of those rights and offers operational means to nullify these agreements, seek effective remedy and ensure accountability should such violations occur;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that, in accordance with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 (Art. 3) and to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Art. 14) the country of origin shall by no means constitute an obstacle to the application of the right to seek asylum; calls for the EU to ensure that for the purpose of readmission agreements no third country is considered as safe and that all asylum seekers shall enjoy the right to have their applications individually assessed;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Robert BIEDROŃ, Andreas SCHIEDER, Bettina VOLLATH, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure ex ante risk assessments, performed by independent agencies, on the impact of any formal, informal or financial EU cooperation with third countries on the rights of migrants and refugees, on human rights defenders and civil society in- country working to defend these rights and, to the extent possible, on impact that such cooperation would have on the wider population in the country affected by it, including access to rights, contribution to human security and peace, and sustainable development; calls on the Commission to set implementation guidelines for EU agencies and Member States before entering into cooperation with third countries; calls in this respect for particular vigilance in relation to countries which are are suspected of breaching the rule of law, experiencing ongoing or frozen conflicts and face increased risks of human rights violations, such as Turkey, Libya and Egypt and countries where migrants and refugees are subjected to mistreatment and illegal push backs, such as Tunesia, Algeria, Morocco; calls for a commitment to a conflict-sensitive approach that considers and recognizes the effects of assistance into conflict settings and seeks to minimize harm; urges in that regard the Commission to insist that all migration-related interventions must structure any short- term objectives or projects within longer- term aims that support governance;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

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

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/2072(INL)

Katarina BARLEY, Pietro BARTOLO, Caterina CHINNICI, Tanja FAJON, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Evin INCIR, Dietmar KÖSTER, Petar VITANOV, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Sylwia SPUREK, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Klára DOBREV, Sylvie GUILLAUME

3. recognises that the Union remains structurally ill-equipped to tackle democratic ~~and~~, rule of law and fundamental rights violations and backsliding in the Member States; regrets the inability of the Council to make meaningful progress in enforcing Union values in ongoing Article 7 TEU procedures; notes with concern the disjointed nature of the Union’s toolkit in that field;

2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Bettina VOLLATH, Caterina CHINNICI, Petar VITANOV, Tudor CIUHODARU, Isabel SANTOS, Łukasz KOHUT, Dietmar KÖSTER, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Maria NOICHL, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Evin INCIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Member states to ensure strong child protection measures, presumption of childhood and child age assessment, the protection before and during criminal proceedings, access to unconditional assistance, compensation, non-punishment, assistance and support to the family member of a child victim as well as prevention;

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM