Activities of Ioannis LAGOS
Plenary speeches (20)
Situation at the USA-Mexican border
Situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019 (debate)
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019 (debate)
The danger of violent right-wing extremism (in the light of the recent events in Halle, Germany) (debate)
Discharge 2017: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (debate)
Opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania (continuation of debate)
Situation in the hotspots on the Greek islands, in particular the case of Moria (debate)
Climate and environmental emergency - 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) (debate)
Humanitarian situation in Venezuela and migration and refugee crisis (debate)
Situation in Libya (debate)
Urgent humanitarian situation on Greek Islands, especially of children - ensuring protection, relocation and family reunification (debate)
Migration situation at the Greek-Turkish border and the EU's common response to it (debate)
Covid-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification and the consequences on Schengen and the single market (debate)
The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria (debate)
The establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (debate)
The resumption of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in relation to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (continuation of debate)
Escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks (debate)
FEAD: specific measures to address the COVID-19 crisis (debate)
Democratic scrutiny of social media and the protection of fundamental rights (debate)
Oral questions (1)
Alleged conflicts of interest and influence-trafficking by judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Commission
Written explanations (30)
Implementation and financing of the EU general budget in 2020 in relation to the UK's withdrawal from the EU (A9-0018/2019 - Johan Van Overtveldt)
The Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences (RC-B9-0123/2019, B9-0123/2019, B9-0125/2019, B9-0126/2019, B9-0127/2019, B9-0128/2019, B9-0129/2019, B9-0133/2019)
Opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania (B9-0155/2019, RC-B9-0156/2019, B9-0156/2019, B9-0157/2019, B9-0158/2019, B9-0159/2019, B9-0160/2019, B9-0161/2019)
EU-Ukraine Agreement amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations provided for by the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (A9-0024/2019 - Enikő Győri)
Children rights in occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (B9-0178/2019, B9-0179/2019, B9-0180/2019)
Υπερψηφίζουμε τα ψηφίσματα Β9-0178/2019 και Β9-0179/2019 διότι κινούνται σε πολύ σωστή κατεύθυνση ως προς την προάσπιση των δικαιωμάτων των παιδιών, ιδίως λόγω της πρότασης να αποσπαστούν πόροι από την προώθηση της μετανάστευσης μαζικής αντικατάστασης και να δοθούν οικονομικά κίνητρα στην προώθηση της φυσικής οικογένειας, αλλά και λόγω της αναφοράς στο αυτονόητο δικαίωμα του κάθε παιδιού να έχει πατέρα και μητέρα. Στον αντίποδα, καταψηφίζουμε το ψήφισμα Β9/0180/2019 διότι η ένταξη παιδιών λαθρομεταναστών και η διδασκαλία της ταυτότητας φύλου στα σχολεία, τα οποία επικαλείται, μακροπρόθεσμα θα αποβούν καταστροφικά για τον κάθε ανήλικο Ευρωπαίο.
Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats (A9-0039/2019 - Monika Hohlmeier)
EU-Switzerland Agreement on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (A9-0043/2019 - Roberta Metsola)
EU-Liechtenstein Agreement on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (A9-0044/2019 - Roberta Metsola)
Protocol to EU-Switzerland Agreement concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (A9-0025/2019 - Jadwiga Wiśniewska)
Measures to strengthen administrative cooperation in order to combat VAT fraud (A9-0047/2019 - Lídia Pereira)
Protocol to the Agreement between the EU, Iceland and Norway concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Iceland or Norway regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (A9-0053/2019 - Jadwiga Wiśniewska)
Annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (A9-0051/2019 - Isabel Wiseler-Lima)
Written questions (168)
'Macedonian' language classes in Aridaia (Pella)
Expulsion of Christians from Mosul
PCE/PEC - Condemnation of the Stalinist regime and Avenue de Stalingrad
Attempts to Turkify the Pomak minority in Thrace
Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurdistan
Illegal immigrants settle in Greece unchecked without the possibility of being returned to Turkey
Discrimination against natural gas consumers in Greece
Solomos Solomou's killer has still not been punished after 23 years
Concerns of Greek minorities on the islands of Imvros and Tenedos
Inadmissible action by the International Organisation for Migration in attracting illegal migrants to Greece
Flagrant acts of provocation by Turkey in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean
Provocative and unacceptable financing by the Commission of the islamisation of Greece
Demographic time bomb in Greece
Provocative statements by Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, about Thrace’s Muslim minority
Τragic toll claimed by the ‘Geryon’ weather front in the village of Kineta, the north-eastern Aegean, the Dodecanese islands and Halkidiki
Inadmissible EEZ border deal between Turkey and Libya
Use of drones and radar for eastern Aegean maritime border surveillance
Persecution of the Greek minority in Northern Epirus
Escalation of provocative actions by Turkey in Evros
Declaration of EEZ between Turkey and Libya has a direct impact on the construction of the EastMed Pipeline
Violation by Turkey of the arms embargo on Libya
Massive increase in vandalism of Greek Orthodox churches
Making Kinaros and the other outlying Aegean islands more secure
The EU’s baffling subservience to Turkey and Erdoğan
Violation of the Berlin Agreement
Greek fishermen seized by Turkish military
Ankara seeks to promote ‘independence for Western Thrace’
Unprecedented invasion of Greece
Attempt by a Turkish armoured vehicle to ram the border fence in Evros
Provocative indifference of the EU towards the tragedy unfolding in Italy
Seizure by the Italian authorities of 1 840 mechanical ventilators destined for Greece
Impounding by the German authorities of medical equipment intended for Greece
Albanian counter-antiterrorist unit storms Greek homes in Northern Epirus following erection of a cross.
Torture of a 21-year-old Christian woman in Iran
Disappearance of prominent Chinese figures critical of the government over its handling of the coronavirus
Destruction of Christian churches and ancient temples by jihadists and Turks in Syria
Shameless effrontery on the part of Turkey
Turkish soldiers shoot at Frontex border guards
Environmental ‘putsch’ by the Greek Government
Occupation of Greek territory by Turkey
Turkish NGOs demand the ‘return’ of Crete and 12 other Greek islands to Turkey
Greek and Christian values flouted by inadmissible Turkish festivities at the Church of Hagia Sophia to celebrate the fall of Constantinople.
Devastating impact of the Coronavirus on the catering sector in Greece with the imposition of severe fines and closures
Shameless provocation by Turkey: manipulation in order to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Erection of a statue glorifying communism
Continued persecution of Christians: recent removal of crosses once more in China and slaughter of Christians in Nigeria
Afghans unfurl Taliban banners inside Hagia Sophia shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
AstraZeneca seeks exemption from liability for side-effects of COVID-19 vaccine!
Fanning the flames of the fire in Lakonia to prevent the installation of wind turbines in affected areas
Major blood shortages - thalassaemia sufferers at risk
Arson and the devastating fire at the Moria reception and identification centre
Untold damage to livestock and property caused by cyclone ‘Ianos’ in Greece
Excessively punctilious Hungarian border checks
Greek tourism in danger
Failings of CETA and presence of hormone-treated meat on the European market
Surge in Islamic extremism
NGO disclosure of the Greek navy’s position in the Aegean Sea
Azerbaijan’s attack on Artsakh
Repairing the damage caused by the devastating earthquake on the island of Samos
Turkey’s attempt to enclose the Kastellorizo archipelago within a Turkish continental shelf
Immediate asylum for Armenians from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
Erdoğan’s provocative visit to occupied Cyprus
Islamic attacks in Europe and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration
President Erdogan’s statements following the Islamist attacks in France
Operation IRINI: refusal by Ankara to allow continued inspection of Turkish vessel
EUR 120 million in State aid for AEGEAN and the Greek State does not become a majority shareholder
Wages of Greek workers falling rapidly
Shocking execution of four Christian believers by Islamic fundamentalists in Indonesia
A case of espionage in Kastellorizo
Somalis 'land’ at EU borders with Turkey’s blessing
Lack of safety resulting from the large-scale purchase by Ryanair of the defective Boeing 737 Max model
Lack of action by the Greek Government regarding the use of funds under the RRF, ERDF, ESF+ and REACT-EU programmes
Blatant disregard for the Lausanne Treaty by Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Infringement by social networks of the fundamental right to freedom of expression
Looting and destruction of Greek Orthodox temples in Asia Minor
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the brink of failure in Greece
Frontex patrol under fire from Turkey in Evros
Livestock farmers in Lesbos despair over the slaughter of their animals by armed illegal immigrants
Vandalism of Greek Orthodox churches by illegal immigrants
Freedom of religion and double standards
Use of the name ‘Macedonia’ by Skopje during EURO 2020
Erdoğan unilaterally annuls the Montreux Convention and construction of the Istanbul Canal gets under way
Sale of German submarines to Turkey destabilises the Eastern Mediterranean
Erdoğan’s show of strength in the occupied territories on 20 July
Incalculable damage to property caused by fires in Attica, Evia and Ilia
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opens up 3.5% of Varosha
Exorbitant electricity prices and shortfall in electricity production in Greece
Assumption of power by Taliban in Afghanistan and resulting increase in migration flows to Europe
Parthenon sculptures being displayed in British Museum under appalling conditions
Natural gas shortage in Europe as Russia turns off the taps
Military and economic agreement between Ankara and Skopje
EU recognition of the genocide of Greeks in Asia Minor
AUKUS agreement: Another diplomatic defeat for the EU
Anti-democratic moves against nationalists in Italy
The case of Konstantinos Katsifas and the situation of the Greek minority in Northern Epirus
Unconstitutional and illegal measures regarding mandatory vaccination
Carcinogenic substance in lateral flow test swabs
Turkish President threatens journalists with five-year sentence
Emerging energy crisis due to a dangerous supply shortage in oil markets
The ‘pandemic’ of suicides in impoverished Greece and the reluctance to identify the right ‘vaccine’
Restoring peatlands
Silicon – towards a shortage of an abundant metalloid
Structured products and reforestation
Scourge of youth unemployment in Greece
Awareness-raising of the need for an action plan for rare diseases and the need to tackle health inequalities in the EU
Supplies donated by Belgium to combat pandemic ‘past expiry date’
Two-speed electro-mobility in the EU risks becoming a pipe dream
Sanctions imposed by a two-speed EU
Banning the supply of wild-caught primates to laboratories
Immediate need for coordinated natural gas extraction in the EU
Industry suffocated by the spiralling cost of carbon allowances
Activities of people traffickers on the border between Greece and Turkey
Need for swift EU response to the economic Armageddon triggered by the war in Ukraine
Unexplained sudden deaths among children and adolescents in Greece
Child slave labour in Congo ‘horror mines’
Shameful decision of EU Intellectual Property Office to approve the designation ‘Turkaegean’ (Turkish Aegean)
Μajor road safety disparities between EU Member States
Terrorist attack during inauguration of the Hagia Sophia Church in northern Syria
Serious accusations of sexual assault by Uber drivers
Major scandal surrounding illegal surveillance operations in Greece
Persecution by the Greek government of unvaccinated health workers
Workers’ living standards eroded by antiquated conditions of employment that are still prevalent in Greece
An energy crisis nightmare threatens the EU
European Political Community: Turkey entering Europe by the back door?
Price of bread in the EU on an upward trend
Imminent collapse of dairy sector in Greece
Consumers buy less and less but pay higher prices in supermarkets
Provocative utterances by Erdoğan equating Palestine, Kashmir and Western Thrace
Child obesity: a health bomb threatening younger generations in the EU
Fighting against the enclosure of our forests
Massive retail mark-ups on farm products
Experts fear a European cancer ‘epidemic’ in the coming decade
Unprecedented restrictions on public access to football World Cup broadcasts in Greece
Danger to brown bear species giving cause for alarm
High alcohol consumption in the EU - a public health time bomb
Greek borrowers at the mercy of unaccountable foreign funds
Massive purchasing power disparities between the 27 EU Member States
Major institutional upheaval in Greece resulting from surveillance operations and blatant interference by the judiciary
Sluggish generational renewal in the Greek and European farming sector
Insufficient ICU units for children in Greece
Bexsero vaccine against meningitis B unaffordable for Greek families
EU automobile sales down in 2022
Funding of human rights NGOs
Shameless acts of provocation by Türkiye continuing despite devastating earthquakes
Guardian report about electoral manipulation by Israeli specialists and alleged existence of a team operating in Greece
European banks face bleak outlook following collapse of Credit Suisse
Shocking report by the European Court of Auditors on a single safety system for EU rail networks
Joint manoeuvres by Turkish commandos and Turkish Cypriot units for a planned attack on drillships in Cyprus
The serious impact of underfunding on health and pharmaceuticals in Greece
Policies to support families
Health of thousands of diabetics is at risk due to Ozempic shortage
Measures to reduce homelessness
NATO congratulates Türkiye on the anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe!
Sharp increase in the population of wild boars in Greece in recent years
Fatalities and incalculable natural disasters caused by Storm Daniel in Greece
Eurostat: Cyprus is highest in Europe for per-capita asylum applications
The Commission’s insensitive stance towards Greece's private debt
Praise for Rama from the President of the Commission, while Beleri is unlawfully detained
Palestinians granted asylum in the EU rejoice at Hamas’ indiscriminate attack on innocent civilians
Asylum applications in EU explode in 2023
Greek olive growers’ cry for help following poor olive harvest
The high death toll on EU roads
Recovery plan funds squandered on plugging holes in the Greek land registry
215 million Covid-19 vaccine doses tossed in the bin
EU satellite fleet: technologically obsolete?
The dangers of transporting electric and hybrid vehicles by sea
Employer unaccountability in Greece and non-payment of the Christmas bonus
Eurostat: one in six Greeks forsakes medical examinations due to cost
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on banning the production of tea bags containing plastic
Amendments (43)
Amendment 89 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital ΙΣΤ a (new)
Recital ΙΣΤ a (new)
Pa. whereas, according to the European Environment Agency, 20% of surface water in the European Union is at risk of pollution;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the use of modern low-energy desalination techniques in order to provide solutions for the supply of drinking water to regions and islands where there is a lack of water;
Amendment 177 #
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 liveshealth;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that one goal of the BU is the security of the banking system and the prevention, while ensuring that taxpayers are never made to bear the cost of bank bailouts by taxpayers; supports efforts to strengthen the BU; stresses that a solid BU will result in increased confidence in the banking sector;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that there is a prospect ofit is still too early for a gradually phasing out emergency measures and returning to pre-COVID-19 capital requirements;
Amendment 223 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned about the rising level of sovereign debt on the balance sheets of banks in the BU; notes that government bonds are not risk-free assets and that risks are differentiated; emphasises that the issue of regulatory treatmentany restrictions on the holding of sgovereign exposures requires an in-depth examination of the consequences of different approaches;nment securities by financial institutions would make it impossible for indebted countries to borrow when needed.
Amendment 265 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the dangers of a very loose monetary policy stimulating inflation; points out the need for the gradualat any premature tightening of monetary policy in the euro area will have dire consequences for the labour market and for the vulnerable economies of southern Europe;
Amendment 311 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the need to protect consumers from abuses and harmful practices, especially in the midst of soaring energy costs and continuous price increases that are eroding household incomes;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
Amendment 24 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 34 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
Amendment 72 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by increasing number of illiberal democracies and autocratic regimes, which are in the majority for the first time in 20 years; calls for the EU and the Member States to make full use of the tools at their disposal to support good governance, democratic institutions and space for civil society worldwide; points to the fact that even in EU Member States, such as Greece, political prisoners are being prosecuted following close cooperation between corrupt politicians and the judiciary;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WBelcomieves the contribution of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) to defending and advancing human rights in the world; underlines the EUSR’s important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’sat the EU cannot legitimately play the role of global custodian of human rights, policies through engagement with third countries, cooperation with like-minded partners to advance the human rights agenda and increasing the coherence of the EU’s policies in the fieldarticularly if it does not tackle its own internal problems;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 104 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 107 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 109 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 148 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the highly negative impact of COVID-19, which has disproportionately affected women, LGBTIQ persons and vulnerable groups, including the poor, children, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, minorities, informal workers and persons in prison or detention, among others; stresses that vulnerable groups are also more affected by the negative economic and social consequences of the pandemic, as well as the restrictions in access to healthcare and education; notes with concern the increase in hate speech against certain vulnerable groups, in particular minority groups;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the EU should increase its support to tackle the negative consequences of COVID-19, particularly for vulnerable groups; to this end, calls for the EU to urgently strengthen its efforts to bring to an end the alarming imbalance in the global distribution of vaccines, thereby fulfilling its previous commitment to embrace the COVID-19 vaccine as a global public good through, among other things, technological transfer and the ramping up of local production; stresses the importance of supporting the strengthening of education and healthcare systems to make them resilient to future threats; calls for greater support for innovative technologies to that end and welcomes Team Europe’s response in this regard; acknowledges the right to physical and mental health, which in many countries is still subject to stigma and discrimination, and underlines how the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed enormous neglect in the provision of mental health caremake clear to all Member States that vaccines are a medical procedure which should not be mandatory and that vaccines should be advised or advised against individually for each person on the basis of their medical history; considers that any sanction applied against unvaccinated citizens constitutes a brutal violation of their human rights;
Amendment 187 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 206 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the crucial importance of advancing women’s rights and welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021–2025 (GAP III) as a sign of the EU’s commitment in this field; commends the important role played by female civic activists in political, social and environmental movementmothers who hold in their hands the future of societies and nations, and deplores the fact that women often become targets of violence as a result of both their gender and their activities, even paying for them with their lives;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Deplores the fact that, especially in Muslim countries, women continue to make up the majority of victims of gender- based violence, such as domestic violence and sexual violence and abuse, including female genital mutilation, and that they face discrimination in political and professional life, as well as in access to education and healthcare; stresses that the provision of care, protection and access to justice for victims of gender- based violence and trafficking has significantly decreased as a result of the pandemic, and calls for the EU to promote the development of emergency assistance plans and protocols both at UN level and in partner countries, with the aim of adapting assistance programmes to the circumstances of the pandemic, its aftermath and future crises;
Amendment 215 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets the fact that the overall progress in women’s rights is far below the UN countries’ commitments included in the Beijing Convention in 1995 and isis extremely concerned about the trend of backsliding in progress achieved; in this regard, is extremely concerned about the deterioration of the right of every individual to have full control over matters related to their sexuality, as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights, without coercion and discrimination, in particular with regard to safe and free access to abortion; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights as part of their international commitments and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);instrumentalisation of the female body through the practice of surrogacy, which makes women ‘reproductive machines’ in exchange for money,
Amendment 229 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that in 2020, the situation of the victims of trafficking, the majority of whom are women, has worsened considerably, since the COVID-19 pandemic has left the victims of trafficking in an even more vulnerable position; welcomes the launch of the EU’s Strategy on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (2021–2025); underlines that the identification of the victims of trafficking has become even more complicated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and therefore calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their efforts in international judicial and law enforcement cooperation to prevent trafficking and identify victims, avoiding their criminalisation, in close cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, NGOs and civil society organisations dedicated to the protection of victims;
Amendment 231 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to eliminate all forms of abuse against children; welcomes the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child adopted by and to recognise a child’s right to life from the Cmommission, butent it is conceived; stresses that children continue to be victims of violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse, including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour and recruitment as child soldiers, and that they suffer from a lack of access to education and healthcare, and from malnutrition and poverty, in particular in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts; stresses that 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour; calls for the streamlining of the rights of the child and the children and armed conflicts (CAAC) agenda in all the EU’s external policies; calls on the Member States to uphold their responsibilities with regard to the protection of foreign fighters’ children who are EU citizens;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its strong condemnation of discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance, persecution and killings linked to race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation and gender identity that continue to be a major problem in many countries; welcomes the launch of the EU’s anti-racism action plan 2020–2025, which recognises not only the individual and social dimensions, but also the structural nature of this phenomenon; stresses that in spite of 20 years of work since the signing of Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in 2001, racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a scourge around the world and calls for a zero-tolerance approach to themthe absolute necessity of granting native Europeans the right to retain their ethnic identities, their Christian religion, their practices and their customs;
Amendment 252 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 261 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Fully supports the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believe, and the right to manifest and to change or leave one’s religion or belief without fear of violence, persecution, Points out that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, since, accor discrimination; deplores the persecution suffered by minorities on the grounds of belief or religion in many places in the world; condemns the abuse of blasphemy laws to perpetuate discrimination and deplores the use of religion and religious institutions to the detriment of human rights through the persecution, including by legal means, of belief or religious minorities, women and LGBTIQ personsng to the World Watch List, in 2020 340 million Christians were victims of discrimination, unequal treatment and persecution, while 4 761 Christians were killed because of their faith;
Amendment 293 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that corruption also constitutes a major violation of human rights and that the EU and its Member States must address it as such in their external action by applying the highest transparency standards to their funding to third countries, as well as by supporting anti-corruption civil society organisations, journalists and whistle-blowers;
Amendment 304 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions RegimReiterates that the (EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act) as an essential addition to the EU’s human rights and foreign policy toolbox, which strengthens the EU’scannot legitimately play the role as aof global human rights actor by allowing it to take restrictive measures against legal and natural persons involved in grave human rights violations in the world; condemns any arbitrary and unjustified retaliatory restrictive measures imposed on the EU or other entities as a response to the EU’s decisions under the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act; regrets the fact that the Council has decided to apply unanimitycustodian of human rights, particularly if it does not tackle its own instead of qualified majority voting when adopting sanctions on human rights issuernal problems;
Amendment 314 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls for the extensrestriction of the scope of the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act to include acts of corruption in order to ensure the effective targeting of the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; stresses the need for an effective strategy to implement the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act, consistent both with the EU’s other external policies, in particular with its human rights policies, and with the existing international frameworks on sanctions, international criminal law and international humanitarian law; welcomes the Commission’s announcement that in 2021, it will conduct a review of practices undermining sanctions and of the existing reporting obligations for Member States on their implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 322 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants and refugees, and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully uphold them in their cooperation with third countries, both in terms of the establishment of high legal standards and, equally importantly, their operationalisation in order to ensure the effective protection of these rights in practice; reiterates its call on the Commission to carry out a review of the human righStresses that the EU has taken in an enormous number of illegal migrants and asylum seekers and that these are overstretching its imcapact of migration policy frameworks and of the EU’s cooperation on migration with third countries; underlines the risks related to informal arrangements on return and readmission, which are not subject to judicial scrutiny and therefore do not allow for effective redress for human rights violations suffered by migrants and asylum seekersities, both economically and demographically;
Amendment 331 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 351 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses the multi-faceted threat to the enjoyment of human rights brought about by modern armed conflicts, which, in addition to states, often involve non-state agents and terrorist organisations; reiterates its call for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts in collaboration with partner countries and regional organisations, including a strong focus on conflict prevention, mediation and good offices efforts, addressing the root causes of the conflicts, humanitarian aid, providing the necessary support to the international peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions, as well as EU missions in the framework of the common security and defence policy, and post- conflict reconstruction operations supporting and applying strong integration and scrutiny of human rights and a robust gender perspective;
Amendment 366 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 399 #
2021/2181(INI)
46. Stresses the vital role of social platforms in advancing freedom of expression and of organisation, but underlines the need for proper safeguards to prevent, on the one hand, the unjustified censorship of users’ content, including automated censorship, and, on the other, the spread of hate speech, fake news and disinformation; welcomes the adoption of the new EU rules on the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use technologies;
Amendment 194 #
2019/2126(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Expresses its dissatisfaction at the excessively burdensome terms imposed by the EIB in loan contracts for borrowers such as Greece, where it is making loan payments for the construction of the New Heraklion Airport in Crete conditional on the redevelopment of the old airport site (85% of which belongs to the Greek Defence Ministry), bypassing the local community and the competent authorities;
Amendment 15 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 24 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 92 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reinforces, against the background of an unrealistically low ceiling since the beginning of the current MFF, funding for Parliament’s priorities in the fields of internal security, migration and fundamental rights; strongly objects to Council’s cuts to the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) and rejects the Council’s proposal to move EUR 400 million in commitment appropriations into a reserve awaiting a break-through on the reform of the Dublin III RegulationInternal Security Fund (ISF); underlines that it is of paramount importance to invest in adequate funding and staffing levels for all agencies operating in the fields of migration, security and border control, in particular Europol, Eurojust, EPPO and Frontex;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 112 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 115 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Believes that given the serious and persistent deficits in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Turkey, it is justified to further reducecut the allocations for Turkey under the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance; decides therefore not to reverse Council’s cuts to the funding for Turkey, to reduce that funding by additional EUR 5 million, and to put EUR 100 million of the funding into reserve;