Activities of Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL
Plenary speeches (44)
Situation in Venezuela (debate)
Recent developments in the political situation and the implementation of the peace process in Colombia (debate)
Order of business
Order of business
Situation in Bolivia (debate)
Situation in Chile (debate)
Cuba, the case of José Daniel Ferrer
Humanitarian situation in Venezuela and migration and refugee crisis (debate)
Situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua (debate)
Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (debate)
Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (B9-0051/2020, B9-0052/2020, B9-0053/2020, RC-B9-0048/2020, B9-0048/2020, B9-0049/2020, B9-0050/2020)
Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (B9-0051/2020, B9-0052/2020, B9-0053/2020, RC-B9-0048/2020, B9-0048/2020, B9-0049/2020, B9-0050/2020)
The breach of Council Decision 2017/2074 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela - illegal entry on the territory of an EU Member State of a person included in the list of sanctions (debate)
The 2019 Human Rights Annual report - Stability and Security in the Mediterranean and the negative role of Turkey - Situation in Belarus (debate)
Situation in Belarus - Situation in Lebanon - Situation in Russia, the poisoning of Alexei Navalny (debate)
EU diplomatic mission in Venezuela in view of possible elections (debate)
The "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
The fight against impunity for crimes committed against journalists around the world (debate)
The latest developments in the National Assembly of Venezuela (debate)
5th anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Colombia (debate)
COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America
Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials
Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy (debate)
Human rights and political situation in Cuba (debate)
Situation in Nicaragua (debate)
The 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention (debate)
Government crackdown on protests and citizens in Cuba
The situation in Nicaragua (debate)
The situation in Cuba, namely the cases of José Daniel Ferrer, Lady in White Aymara Nieto, Maykel Castillo, Luis Robles, Félix Navarro, Luis Manuel Otero, Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, Andy Dunier García and Yunior García Aguilera
Corruption and human rights (continuation of debate)
The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
The instrumentalisation of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaragua
Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez
Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)
“The Road to 2023” - Towards a stronger EU-Latin America partnership (debate)
Situation in Peru (debate)
Situation in Nicaragua (debate)
State of EU Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island (debate)
Extension of the mandate of the EPPO with regard to the criminal offence of violation of Union restrictive measures (debate)
The political disqualifications in Venezuela
New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)
Guatemala: the situation after the elections, the rule of law and judicial independence
The case of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, imprisoned in Azerbaijan
Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes (debate)
Shadow reports (4)
REPORT on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning corruption and human rights
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes
Institutional motions (54)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the situation of women's rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cuba, the case of José Daniel Ferrer
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Bolivia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Bolivia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cuba, the case of José Daniel Ferrer
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela after the attempt to illegally elect the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and the migration and refugee crisis
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and the migration and refugee crisis
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The situation of Ethiopian migrants in detention centres in Saudi Arabia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the ‘Foreign Agents’ Law in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, notably the case of Dawit Isaak
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest developments in the National Assembly of Venezuela
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest developments in the National Assembly of Venezuela
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on COVID 19 pandemic in Latin America
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Colombia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Colombia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights and political situation in Cuba
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights and political situation in Cuba
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on government crackdown on protests and citizens in Cuba
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the government crackdown on protests and citizens in Cuba
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Cuba, namely the cases of José Daniel Ferrer, Lady in White Aymara Nieto, Maykel Castillo, Luis Robles, Félix Navarro, Luis Manuel Otero, Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, Andy Dunier García and Yunior García Aguilera
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Cuba, namely the cases of José Daniel Ferrer, Lady in White Aymara Nieto, Maykel Castillo, Luis Robles, Félix Navarro, Luis Manuel Otero, Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, Andy Dunier García and Yunior García Aguilera
on the Russian aggression against Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the instrumentalisation of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaragua
on the instrumentalisation of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaragua
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political disqualifications in Venezuela
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Guatemala: the situation after the elections, the rule of law and judicial independence
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala: the situation after the elections, the rule of law and judicial independence
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the attempt of coup d’Etat in Guatemala
Oral questions (1)
Medicine shortages and strategic healthcare autonomy in the EU
Written explanations (1)
Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy (A9-0060/2021 - Tineke Strik)
La migración es un fenómeno complejo que supone retos para los países receptores y oportunidades para las personas que llegan a nuestras costas. La Unión Europea debe velar por una migración controlada y por vías seguras, que no ponga en peligro la integridad humana o alimente a mafias que se lucran a costa de la vida de los más débiles. Además, tiene el deber proteger sus fronteras del posible uso de la migración de una manera politizada por parte de Estados terceros.El propósito del texto, con el que concuerdo personalmente, es el de reconocer los derechos de las personas migrantes como derechos humanos. No concede más derechos de los que la perspectiva humanista y europeísta tiene que reconocer. Igualmente solicita más rigor, trasparencia, esfuerzos y compromiso para tratar el tema migratorio por parte de todos los actores involucrados a nivel europeo.De todas formas, he votado en contra de este informe, ya que presenta imprecisiones en cuanto a referencias sobre el uso de instrumentos y mecanismos destinados a la gestión de la migración.
Written questions (43)
VP/HR - Cuban civil society and Sakharov Prize
EU response to human rights violations in Venezuela
VP/HR - Resumption of dialogue between the Venezuelan Government and opposition
VP/HR - Forced deportation of human rights defenders from Cuba
VP/HR - Defending human rights and liberty in Venezuela
Investigation into the violation of sanctions in the Delcy Rodríguez case
Weakening of democratic institutions and increased repression in Central America in response to COVID-19
Unlawful imprisonment of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai in China
Systematic terrorist attacks on civilians in Afghanistan
Failure to freeze assets of Delcy Rodiguez
UN concludes that crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela
Arbitrary action taken to block humanitarian aid at the port of Mariel
The deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Cuba
Further cases of human rights infringements in Venezuela
Repression against Cuban civil society - The San Isidro Movement
EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement
Harmonisation of measures against COVID-19 and for mobility
Harmonisation of measures against COVID-19 and for mobility
Harmonisation of measures against COVID‑19 and for mobility
EU’s position on Cuban repression
Repression against the deputy Freddy Guevara and interim President Juan Guaidó by the Maduro regime
Russian interference and Catalan independence
Sending an electoral observation mission to Venezuela
Commission-Spain operational agreement
Governance of national recovery and resilience plans
Violation of human rights in Cuba
Recovery plan operational arrangement
Follow-up on question E-004998/2020 on the failure to freeze assets belonging to Delcy Rodríguez
Censorship in Venezuela
Murder of a child by the Trinidad and Tobago coastguard
Repatriation of Ukrainian minors to host families in Member States
EU funding for Cuban medical brigades
Failure to guarantee journalists’ democratic rights in Mexico
Military political prisoners with dual nationality in Venezuela
Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Iran’s instrumentalisation of third countries and actors
Extension of the powers of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include breaches of EU restrictive measures
Information regarding the freezing of assets in implementation of restrictive measures prompted by the situation in Venezuela
Undermining of the rule of law in Bolivia
Designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organisation within the parameters of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP
Cuban authorities’ use of EU funds for increased violence and repression
Platform Work Directive
Platform Workers Directive
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION condemning the suspension of TAP flights by the Venezuelan regime
Amendments (458)
Amendment 52 #
2023/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its deep concern about the situation of fundamental rights in Mauritania, particularespecially for migrants and refugees, and considers that the deployment of Frontex executive powers in Mauritania entails a high risk of becoming complicit in serious and most likely persistent violaconclusion of a Status Agreement between the EU and Mauritania must contain the necessary guarantees to avoid harm to EU and international law, EU principles and values, and the protections of fundamental rights or international protection obligations;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Agrees with the European Fundamental Rights Agency in that reducing the death toll at Sea is complex and cannot be resolved by the European Union and its Member States alone and that only a comprehensive approach including all relevant states, EU bodies, international organisations and other parties involved can succeed in putting an end to the high death toll at Sea;
Amendment 57 #
2023/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that the conclusion of a Model Status Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on operational activities carried out by Frontex aims to support border management, foster increased bilateral cooperation and prevent irregular migration on the Atlantic route;
Amendment 59 #
2023/2087(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Welcomes the European Council Conclusions of 9 February 2023 calling for the rapid conclusion of negotiations on new and revised Status Agreements between the European Union and third countries on the deployment of Frontex as part of the efforts to strengthen cooperation on border management and migration;
Amendment 60 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the EU and Frontex should suspendonly consider the suspension of their activities on migration and asylum carried out in cooperation with the Mauritanian authorities in the event of persistent serious human rights violations;
Amendment 60 #
2023/2086(INI)
10. Considers that the EU and Frontex should suspendonly consider the suspension of their activities on migration and asylum carried out in cooperation with Senegalese authorities in the event of persistent serious human rights violations;
Amendment 52 #
2023/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 79 #
2023/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806
Article 8a – paragraph 3
Article 8a – paragraph 3
Amendment 1 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communication of 18 February 2021 entitled ‘Trade Policy Review – An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy’,
Amendment 2 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 1 December 2021 entitled 'Global Gateway' (JOIN(2021)0030),
Amendment 3 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the statement made by President von der Leyen with Chilean President Boric on 14 June 2023,
Amendment 4 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES- 11/1,
Amendment 12 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Joint Communication of 20 June 2023 on European Economic Security Strategy (JOIN/2023/20 final),
Amendment 16 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Chile and the EU are close partners in tackling regional and global challenges and are united by shared values and close cultural, human, economic and political ties; whereas Chile is a highly important and reliable partner of the European Union;
Amendment 20 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas two projects with Chile are being implemented as part of the Global Gateway: the Team Europe initiative for the development of renewable hydrogen in Chile, with an initial budget of EUR 225 million, and the initiative for the development of critical raw material value chains for lithium and copper;
Amendment 21 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a ministerial meeting between the European Union and the Latin American Committee for Internal Security (CLASI), of which Chile is a member, was held in Brussels on 28 September, culminating in the adoption of a joint declaration on the need to step up cooperation on security and combating drug trafficking;
Amendment 22 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas recent geopolitical developments have shown the need for the EU to diversify its supply chains and to secure access to critical raw materials; whereas, the current state of global politics highlights the need for democratic partners that share our values and the importance of keeping good relations with those partners;
Amendment 35 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas lithium is a strategic raw material in the current context; whereas Chile is the world's second largest producer of lithium; whereas increasing our imports of lithium from Chile would help to reduce our dependence on China in this regard;
Amendment 47 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that due to the diversity and heterogeneity of Latin American countries, makes it difficult to find regional dialogue frameworks where Latin America can speak with a unified voice;
Amendment 48 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Insists that the relationship between Europe and Latin America should become more significant, based on historical, linguistic, cultural and social elements where a more homogeneous common ground is found;
Amendment 49 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Emphasizes that European business and investment presence in the region require a determined effort to defend legal security, fostering trust and predictability;
Amendment 54 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the EU’s strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean needs to be implemented swiftly based on joint priorities; highlights the importance of joining forces with CELAC countries to promote peace and security, democracy, the rule of law and human rights, as well as to tackle global challenges such as climate change and migration;
Amendment 56 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of the Global Gateway projects in Chile; applauds the significant progress made in the initiative for the development of Green Hydrogen in Chile; welcomes the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the European Union and Chile on a strategic partnership on sustainable raw material value chains and calls for decisive steps to be taken towards its rapid implementation;
Amendment 73 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned about the increase in organised crime and drug trafficking in Latin American countries, including Chile, which also has an impact on the European Union; Considers it important that the Agreement contains provisions on cooperation on drug issuescombating organised crime and drug trafficking in order to ensure an integrated, balanced and evidence-based approach; calls for a substantial increase in bi-regional cooperation to combat these scourges;
Amendment 82 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. ConsiderWelcomes the Agreement to beas an important signal in support of open, fair and rules- and values-based trade, at a time of increasing economic fragmentation and protectionism; believes that the Agreement will contribute to enhancing long-term economic development, job creation, diversification and value added production processes;
Amendment 94 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomAcknowledges the inclusion of a stand- alone dedicated chapter on trade and gender, the first of its kind in an EU trade agreement, which includes a number of binding commitments to eliminate discrimination against women, promote women’s economic empowerment and ensure that international trade benefits all; expects the Commission to build on this precedent in all future trade negotiations;
Amendment 105 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 bis. Welcomes the fact the Agreement contains a series of actions for both the EU and Chile in support of efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices and to help deter trade in products from species harvested from those practices; further welcomes the fact that both EU and Chile recently joined the IUU Fishing Action Alliance Pledge, aiming to stimulate ambition and action in the fight against IUU fishing;
Amendment 107 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Believes that EU trade policy should contribute to helping partner countries to achieve and implement the highest food safety, social, environmental and human rights standards;
Amendment 108 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Stresses the importance of improving policy coherence of Union initiatives, with particular regard to trade, on one hand, and fisheries and agriculture on the other;
Amendment 115 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Welcomes the fact that the outermost regions have been taken into account in the Agreement's bilateral safeguard measures;
Amendment 118 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is convinced that the new market access commitments concerning trade in services will open up new business opportunities for EU and Chilean companies, in particular SMEs; notes that the Agreement contains a state-of-the-art chapter on digital trade that will facilitate electronic commerce and protect customers online;
Amendment 125 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the dedicated chapter on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for a large proportion of EU-Chile trade; calls on the Commission to assist SMEs in taking full advantage of the opportunities provided by the modernised agreement, including by providing guidance to exporting and importing businesses on the new market access opportunities; providing administrative and technical support, simplifying procedures and addressing technical barriers to trade that disproportionately affect SMEs;
Amendment 128 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Highlights that Chile has the potential to play a major role in the global green and just transitions; notes that the development and scaling up of the Chilean renewable energy sector will require massive investments, including from EU companies; welcomesin this regard, believes that the Global Gateway strategy should allow the creation of joint strategic projects and enhance capacity-building; welcomes in this context the creation of a European initiative for the development of renewable hydrogen in Chile;
Amendment 129 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Highlights that Chile has the potential to play a major role in the global green and just transitions; notes that the development and scaling up of the Chilean renewable energy sector will require massive investments, including from EU companies; welcomes the creation of a European initiative for the development of renewable hydrogen in Chile, which will foster the development of this strategic industry in that country and help create jobs while boosting exports of renewable hydrogen to Europe as well as other parts of the world;
Amendment 131 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Highlights that Chile has the potential to play a major role in the global green and just transitions; notes that the development and scaling up of the Chilean renewable energy sector, including renewable energy infrastructure, will require massive investments, including from EU companies; welcomes the creation of a European initiative for the development of renewable hydrogen in Chile;
Amendment 135 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises Chile’s leading role as a major supplier of critical raw materials, including those that are essential for the green and digital transitions, such as lithium and copper; stresses that the Agreement will ensure non-discriminatory access of EU companies to Chilean raw materials, while leaving sufficient policy space for Chile to create local added value; believes that the EU should actively support Chile in its efforts to move up the value chain; is convinced that the exploitation of raw materials should be carried out in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner, and that it should benefit both companies and local communities, including indigenous communities; notably in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding on sustainable critical raw materials supply chains signed by the EU and Chile in July 2023;
Amendment 144 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the fact that the chapter on trade and sustainable development (TSD) contains ambitious and binding commitments on environmental and labour standards; notes that in their joint statement on trade and sustainable development attached to the Agreement, the EU and Chile commit to reviewing the Agreement’s TSD provisions upon its entry into force; recalls that this should be done following meaningful consultations with all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 147 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the inclusion of the rights of indigenous peoples under the TSD chapter; notes that ILO Convention No 169 is not explicitly mentioned; acknowledges that this convention is key for upholding the rights of indigenous peoples in Chile and the EU when it comes to our trade relations; stresses the importance of abiding by ILO Convention No 169;
Amendment 150 #
2023/0260R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Welcomes the fact that the agreement has been modernised on the basis of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement; in this respect, stresses that it is crucial to keep administrative burden to a minimum and simplify export processes throughout the implementation of the Agreement;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 on the accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, and to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/298 of 9 September 2010, which acknowledged the content of the ICJ opinion and welcomed the EU’s readiness to facilitate dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,
Amendment 13 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
— having regard to the first agreement on principles governing the normalisation of relations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo of 19 April 2013, to the agreements of 25 August 2015, and to the ongoing EU- facilitated dialogue for the normalisation of relations,
Amendment 15 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
— having regard to the agreement on free movement between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo of 27 August 2022, and to the agreement on licence plates of 23 November 2022,
Amendment 375 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its full support for the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue; calls on Serbia and Kosovo to engage in this dialogue in good faith and in the spirit of compromise to achieve a comprehensive, legally binding agreement on the normalisation of their relations in accordance with international lawwith a view to the normalisation of their relations; calls for the full implementation of all the relevant agreements, including the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb- Majority Municipalities;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo*, of the other part1 , which entered into force on 1 April 2016, _________________ 1 OJ L 71, 16.3.2016, p. 3. * This designation shall not be construed as a recognition of statehood and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence1a. _________________ 1 OJ L 71, 16.3.2016, p. 3. 1a This mention should be included in the title and applied throughtout the entire document
Amendment 12 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
— having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 on the accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, and to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/298 of 9 September 2010, which acknowledged the content of the ICJ opinion and welcomed the EU’s readiness to facilitate dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,
Amendment 49 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 61 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 70 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 85 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the period of political stability following the 2021 elections and encourages Kosovo to make further efforts to address the challenges on its European path; underlines the fact that the pace of the accession process will depend on progress on the rule of law and fundamental rights and the normalisation of relations with Serbia;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 119 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its concern about Kosovo’s judiciary, which continues to be inefficient and vulnerable to undue interference; encourages the Kosovar authorities to improve the implementation of existing instruments to safeguard the independence of the justice system; welcomes the government’sKosovo commitment to following the Venice Commission’s opinion on the concept paper on the vetting of judges and prosecutors, in close cooperation with the EU;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the positive steps taken towards reforming Kosovo’s public administration and encourages the governmentKosovo to intensify its efforts to create a professional, depoliticised and citizen- oriented civil service;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the governmentauthorities to enhance its cooperation with civil society on decision-making; stresses the importance of increasing accountability and transparency in relation to public funding for civil society organisations;
Amendment 163 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the many cases of femicide and gender-based and sexual violence; calls on the governmentauthorities to step up its efforts to combat domestic and gender- based violence and improve the protective and preventive measures in place;
Amendment 170 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the government’s approval of a draft law amending and supplementing the Criminal Code, which introduces tougher penalties for domestic violence, sexual harassment and rape;
Amendment 203 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets the fact that the initiatives to involve the Serb community in Kosovo’s political, social and economic structures remain very limited; calls on the Governmentauthorities of Kosovo and the representatives of Kosovo Serbs to commit to genuine dialogue in order to increase mutual trust;
Amendment 212 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its full support for the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue; calls on Kosovo and Serbia to engage in this dialogue in good faith and in the spirit of compromise to achieve a comprehensive, legally binding agreement on the normalisation of their relations, based on mutual recognition, in accordance with international lawnormalisation of their relations; calls for the full implementation of all the relevant agreements, including the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb- Majority Municipalities;
Amendment 268 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the governmentauthorities to improve the conditions for social dialogue and collective bargaining, and emphasises the importance of constructive and inclusive social dialogue in strengthening economic resilience and promoting social justice;
Amendment 271 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Urges the governmentauthorities to ensure better access to healthcare services and to speed up its work on the introduction of a universal health coverage scheme;
Amendment 285 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the importance of taking action to address the climate and environment emergency by reducing fossil fuel dependency; urges the governmentauthorities to implement the climate change strategy and the associated action plan;
Amendment 305 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the President of the European Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the President, Government and National Assembly of and to the relevant authorities in Kosovo.
Amendment 3 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right of citizens to vote and to be elected inparticipate in the management of public affairs, including the right to vote and to be elected in free, transparent, verifiable, periodic, and genuine democratic elections are fundamental, internationally recognised human rights;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to take part in the government of their country and that the people’s will, expressed through periodic, genuine and universal elections, must be the basis of government; whereas this message is reiterated by Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 7 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the right to participate in free and fair elections is intrinsically linked to other basic rights, such as the rights to freedom from discrimination, freedom of expression and opinion, and freedom of peaceful assembly and association;
Amendment 8 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas so that the right to vote and to be elected can be genuinely exercised, a climate must prevail in which human rights are respected and enjoyed by all, particularly the rights to equality and non-discrimination, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, security, and to an effective remedy;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas over 75 % of people live in non-democratic countriescountries that are not free, which limits their basic human rights; whereas shrinking space for civil society negatively influences the right to participate in genuine elections;
Amendment 17 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in 2022, only 8% of the global population lived in so-called 'full democracies' and more than one third of the global population lived under authoritarian rule (36.9%) - a large portion of them being in China and Russia;
Amendment 19 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the right to participate in genuine elections is not respected in autocratic and illiberal regimes, which conduct sham elections with the goal of entrenching their power; whereas such elections are not free, transparent, verifiable, pluralistic and fair, lack reallegitimate political contestation and place undue restrictions on the right to both vote and be elected;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas arbitrary and politically fabricated disqualifications of opposition candidates are tools traditionally used by autocratic regimes to interfere in electoral processes, excluding anyone who may become a threat to the continuity of the autocratic government, to manipulate elections in such a way that the civilian population is hampered in their electoral choices and to avoid any prospect of a return to democracy;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas autocratic and illiberal regimes have developed new ways and mock-compliance strategies to overcome the costs of fully complying with international election observation standards without overtly denouncing them; whereas theyse tactics include observation systems involving false election observers, which help to steer the post-electoral discourse in support of autocratic and illiberal regimes; whereas these regimes are becoming increasingly well organised in their efforts to provide international legitimacy to each other’s fake elections;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the severity and scale of attacks against non-partisan election observers –including harassment, defamation, threats, violations of rights and, expulsions, physical violence and even killings – have intensified in recent years, creating an environment of uncertainty and insecurity with regard to their important work; whereas the EU considers election observers to be human rights defenders;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas tensions between democracies and authoritarian regimes are becoming more geopolitical; whereas this trend requires the EU to raise its democratic concerns to the highest political level, including by building more strategic alliances for democracy and by considering democracy as a strategic interest and as a key part of its geo-economic and trade strategies, and finding unconventional ways to support civic voices capable of speaking out against autocracies and their legitimisation strategies;
Amendment 40 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas regimes use elections as part of their authoritarian strategy, the European Union should focus not only on the electoral processes themselves, but also on the surrounding context and the underlying causes of authoritarian legitimisation;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) design and implement more decisive EU actions to promote and protect the right to participate, as part of a much broader European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy strategy on human rights and democracy support;
Amendment 53 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) streamline the right to participate in the EU’s external action toolbox; that the European Union’s delegations in third countries join forces and cooperate with the embassies of the Member States in order to promote EU values in this context in unison;
Amendment 54 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) acknowledge the severity of the difficulties that people living under autocratic and illiberal regimes have in accessing unbiased election-related information and discerning it from among regime-sponsored propaganda, including reliable information on candidates, voting preferences and the conduct of the election process, which inhibits their ability to understand whether elections are truly competitive and whether citizens’ preferences are reflected in the results; understand the erosion to the morale of the civil population caused by manipulated, non-transparent and illegitimate elections, as they create mistrust in both national and international government institutions;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) counter the narrative promoted by autocratic and illiberal regimes that they have mandates from their citizens as a result of genuine elections; formulate, in this regard, a comprehensive EU global strategy to counter the tools that these regimes use to legitimise elections, such as fake observers and shadow election observation groups in the place of standardised international missions; that this comprehensive and global strategy go beyond dialogue and statements of concern by the EU, and be geared towards improving the standards of democracy and the state of rights in the countries concerned;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) strengthen the link between election observation work and the EU’s wider support for human rights and democracy using both political and cooperation tools; consider both authoritarian electoral legitimisation strategies asnd early symptoms of underlying non-democratic trends, such as the restriction of freedoms and the repression of independent civil society, political opponents and the media, and react accordingly;
Amendment 67 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) counter autocratic and illiberal regimes’ efforts to create false internal perceptions of the genuineness of their fake elections; pay particular attention to autocratic and illiberal regimes’ election- related abuses of information and communication technology and artificial intelligence in relation with manipulating elections, which they are increasingly carrying out in order to negatively affect participation by disseminating propaganda and disinformation and by implementing restrictions on access to information about the opposition’s ideas and candidates;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) recognise the crucial role of civil society in delegitimising fake elections in the eyes of local populations; support independent civil society organisations, human rights defenders and the media, including through capacity building and communications strategies, and by gathering data on violations of the right to participate in genuine elections; support, in particular, local elections observers, whose activities increase people’s belief that their right to participate in genuine elections will be respected;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) include the outmonitor closely the adoption and implementation of the recommendations of the EU’s election observation missions, and include them as an essential part of the overall framework for relations between the EU and the country concerned;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) address the right to participate in non-EU countries through EU human rights dialogues; ensure that those dialogues include independent civil society organisations;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) use the EU Gglobal Hhuman Rrights Ssanctions Rregimes (including the European Magnitsky Act) for persons responsible for serious breaches of the right to participate and of democratic election standards; make additional use of the EU's restrictive measures to sanction those who gradually, progressively and covertly undermine democracy and the rule of law, allowing authoritarian trends to take hold in those countries;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) ensure that suspension of the EU's restrictive measures is conditional upon a real and demonstrable improvement in human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the country concerned; ensure that the organisation of elections is not correlated with the improvement in democracy in the country concerned; carry out an in-depth study of the situation in the country and re-examine its gradual return to the rule of law and democracy before even considering ending sanctions;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) recognise the role of the EU’s election observation missions in providing evidence on whether elections are genuine and further improve this tool, including by strengthening its visibility and bolstering the communications strategy both before and after elections;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention referring to ‘war correspondents’, Article 79 of additional Protocol I on ‘measures of protection for journalists’ and the other articles protecting such professionals as civilians in times of armed conflict,
Amendment 12 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas every human being has the right to freedom of opinexpression and expressinformation; whereas this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium and regardless of borders; whereas democracies can only function when citizens have access to independent information; whereas media freedom and pluralism are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and information; whereas key democratic tasks of the media include strengthening transparency and democratic accountability; whereas journalists play an essential role in promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 17 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas states have obligations to safeguard the fundamental rights associated with journalists, such as the right to freedom of expression and opinion, the right to life and the right to personal dignity; whereas international human rights law establishes thatitarian law provides for the protection of journalists includes preventingand war correspondents, giving them immunity in armed conflict; whereas international human rights law also prohibits all forms of discrimination against journalists without distinction of any kind, including race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, and property, birth or other status;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas recent years have shown a growing pattern of intimidation aimed at silencing journalists, in particular war correspondents and journalists reporting on situations in certain totalitarian states or dictatorships; whereas this is a situation that requires urgent action to uphold the essential role of the independent media in ensuring transparency and accountability;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas investigative journalists working to expose corruption are being particularly targeted; whereas there is no definition of ‘corruption’ at international level, which makes it difficult to harmonise international rules for prosecuting people for it and complicates cooperation among countries to bring to justice those who commit the crime of corruption, leaving the journalists who reveal those crimes, and their families, unprotected;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas technological innovation has increased the capacity of individuals, governments and other bodies to spy on journalists, compromise their digital security and force censorship upon them; whereas such attacks may include compromising journalists’ accounts, locking them out of their accounts, subjecting them to intrusive malware, targeting them with hateful and violent content, publicly discrediting them and gathering and publishing personal information about them onliner their families; whereas surveillance and digital threats are having a negative impact on press freedom worldwide and limit journalists’ ability to investigate and report;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2022, 667 journalists were killed and 64 were reported missing; whereas, according to that committee, Latin America was the most deadly region for members of the press, with 30 journalists having been murdered, and whereas this accounts for almost 50% of the total number of journalists and media workers killed globally; whereas this region is regarded as ‘peaceful’, with no large-scale armed conflict;
Amendment 57 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the safety of journalists is crucial to guarantee their ability to do their job properly; whereas countries have to be guarantors of the integrity of the journalists operating on their territory;
Amendment 61 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the rapid growth of online and social media has amplified mis- and disinformation, as well as the spread of fake news, seeking to discredit credible sources of information and targeting journalists, fact checkers and media workers who are endeavouring to limit this spread; whereas an increasing number of people are turning to the internet and social media to keep themselves informed;
Amendment 67 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the killing, forced exile and imprisonment of journalists, cartoonists, bloggers and media workers continue to be a widespread phenomenon, as does impunity for these actions; whereas online spaces are increasingly becoming a hostile environment and violence against female journalists has been intensifying;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas media capture, a lack of institutional transparency, hate speech and disinformation are increasingly being exploited for political purposes to intensify social polarisation; whereas these practices are used by totalitarian regimes to hold on to power;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas data analysis and algorithms are having an increasing impact on the information made accessible to citizens; whereas several countries have adopted cybercrime laws that furtherlaws falsely purporting to combat cybercrime, which stifle press freedom by targeting independent and critical journalists whose investigations, in many cases, were focused on state actors; whereas journalists have been imprisoned, forcibly exiled and tortured for reporting on corruption and other human rights abuses;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that every human being has the right to freedom of expression, opinion and expressinformation and that this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medium and regardless of borders; recalls the essential role that journalists play in promoting democratic values, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 105 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the essential role played by political and investigative journalists in fighting against human rights violations by performing their role as watchdogs for democracy and the rule of law through the collection of reliable and relevant information, thereby exposing state repression, corruption, criminal networks and all kind of human rights abuses, which ensures the necessary checks and balances to hold persons in power to account; highlights the fact that these activities put journalists at increased personal risk;
Amendment 122 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its concern about the lack of specific legal or policy frameworksCalls on states to uphold the international standards to which they subscribe in order to protecting journalists and, correspondents and all media workers from violence, threats and intimidation at global scale; calls onondemns the fact that some public figures and authority/or representatives to refrain fromof state authorities publicly denigratinge journalists in public, as this undermines trust in the media across society; underlines the important role of journalists in reporting on protests and demonstrations and calls for them to be protected so that they can carry out their jobs without fear;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU delegations to apply the EU human rights guidelines on freedom of expression online and offline in a uniform and consistent manner as they pertain to protecting journalists and defending press freedom; strongly encourage the EEAS to undertake all efforts to promote, harness and share examples of good practices, especially with EU officials prior to assignments in third countries; urges EU delegations in third countries to mount information campaigns to ensure that the general public is aware of the dangers that fake news poses and questions its veracity;
Amendment 178 #
2022/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EEAS to establish, an urgencys a matter of urgency, an immediate response plan to be followed by all the EU delegations with a range of protective tools, such as the issuing of statements, assisting and coordinating trial monitoring, conducting prison visits, visiting the homes or offices of at-risk journalists, raising cases urgently with the authorities, using bilateral dialogues to raise press freedom concerns, facilitating rest and respite opportunities for at-risk or traumatised journalists, supporting temporary relocation and/or evacuation, providing physical accompaniment in extreme situations, and seeking to advocate and build the capacity of local law enforcement, judicial and governmental authorities to protect journalists and their families, including by pushing for full accountability for abuses of press freedom;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted on 25 September 2015, in particular goals 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 106 thereof,
Amendment 55 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism around the world threatens the global rules- based order and the values and principles on which the Union is founded; whereas, according to the Democracy Index 2021, less than half of the world's population (45.7%) now live in a democracy 'of some sort' and more than 37% live under authoritarian rule;
Amendment 56 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic led to human rights setbacks around the world as a consequence of the instruments and policies used to slow the spread of the virus, and in many cases those instruments and policies are linked to democratic backsliding in states;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the energy crisis, coupled with the production crisis facing Europe, may increase poverty and vulnerability in Europe, to the consequent detriment of human rights;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the Iranian authorities is committing human rights violations and crackdown on protests throughout the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was killed after being arrested for allegedly wearing an improper hijab;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the inherent dignity of every human being; stresses, in this regard, its strong commitment to addressing first and foremost the challenges to human rights worldwide and reiterates the duty of the EU and its Member States to act as a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights, freedom and democracy in line with the founding values of the Union;
Amendment 85 #
2022/2049(INI)
4. Deplores the fact that despite the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through global solidarity, some authoritarian leaders have intensified repression of political opposition, members of independent civil society, NGOs, human rights defenders and the media, fuelled and expanded existing internal and international conflicts, and sparked new ones with devastating effects on human rights;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine and calls for those countries that have remained on the sidelines to speak out and condemn the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend freedom, democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance that the EU and its Member States consistently act together and in unity, particularly in multilateral forums, to address global challenges to human rights and democracy;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the EU and its Member States to intensify their efforts all over the world to support democracy and human rights; calls on the EU and its Member States, in this regard, both individually and in cooperation with like-minded international partners, to thwart unacceptable attempts to weaken democratic institutions and universal human rights, especially those that present authoritarian regimes as superior to democracies and diminish the space for and role of independent civil society; reasserts the value of multilateralism as a tool to achieve those aims;
Amendment 125 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Fully supports the work of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights in defending and advancing human rights in the world through engagement with third countries and cooperation with like-minded partners, and his important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’s human rights policies through efforts to increase their coherence; underlines the need for close cooperation between the EUSR for Human Rights and other EUSRs onhuman rights representatives in other countries and regions in order to further improve this consistency, and calls for greater visibility for the role of the EUSR for Human Rights;
Amendment 133 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with deep regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its and calls for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate,appointment of the new Envoy without further delay; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; stresses the role of independent civil society organisations and the need to ensure their legitimate participation in the seminars before those dialogues; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow-up to and transparency of these cases;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on all EU delegations in third countries to have human rights focal points to provide regular support to human rights defenders, in line with the EU guidelines in this area, to visit members of democratic oppositions, activists and members of independent civil society imprisoned in those countries, to monitor their situations, to attend trials and to raise their cases in EU human rights dialogues with the countries in question;
Amendment 172 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere; calls on its member states to rigorously implement sanctions; calls for cooperation with like- minded democracies to be promoted with a view to coordinating the adoption of targeted restrictive measures jointly, in order to maximise their effectiveness;
Amendment 185 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that corruption seriously hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption; encourages the promotion of cooperation between the European Union, its Member States, third countries and international organisations, particularly at judicial, law enforcement and intelligence levels, with a view to exchanging best practices and effective tools in action to tackle and prevent corruption;
Amendment 196 #
2022/2049(INI)
15. Highlights that 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Parliament’s decision to exert political leadership in committing to a major advancement in its democracy support activities, which it has implemented through a Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach since 2014; welcomes, in particular, its support for capacity-building for partner parliaments, mediation and fostering a culture of dialogue and compromise, including among young political leaders, as well as for empowering women parliamentarians, human rights defenders and representatives from civil society organisations and the free media; calls on the Commission to continue to pursue and step up its activities in these areas and to bolster funding and assistance for EU bodies and agencies, as well as other grant-based organisations; underlines that in the current context of heightened global tensions and repression in an increasing number of countries, direct support for civil societythe work of the free press, civil society, human rights defenders and people who express critical and dissenting opinions is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of EU election observation missions and Parliament’s contribution to developing and enhancing their methodology; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to consider updating the election observation methodology to reflect the developments of the last two decades; urges the states to put into practice the recommendations made by the EU's election observation missions with a view to improving the organisation and environment of electoral processes and thus boost their transparency and legality with a view to improving the democratic standards of the state in question;
Amendment 204 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world; highlights the work of UN commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions, which are increasingly used to respond to situations involving serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law and to combat impunity; welcomes, in particular, the work carried out by the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and calls strongly for its mandate to be renewed;
Amendment 213 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including undermining the functioning of UN bodies; deplores the fact that countries such as Cuba and Venezuela, among other authoritarian regimes accused of violating their citizens' human rights, are part of the UN Human Rights Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the EU Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;
Amendment 218 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Deplores the abuse of the UN Human Rights Council by authoritarian and totalitarian regimes which continue to abuse it for their own ends, in particular, to undermine its functioning, and erode the human rights norms regime; calls for the EU and its Member States to support a comprehensive reform of the HRC;
Amendment 225 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all vulnerable populations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations, including media workers and humanitarian and medical workers; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape the conflict, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;
Amendment 242 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; calls on the EU and its Member States to encourage their partners to ratify the Treaty of Rome and thus expand the Court's jurisdiction; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine;
Amendment 247 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Reaffirms that the credible evidence about birth prevention measures and the separation of Uyghur children from their families amount to crimes against humanity and represent a serious risk of genocide; calls on the Chinese authorities to cease all government- sponsored programmes of forced labour and mass forced sterilisation and to put an immediate end to any measures aimed at preventing births in the Uyghur population;
Amendment 264 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and unlawful killings and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;
Amendment 283 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;
Amendment 295 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Reiterates that it condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments;
Amendment 296 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Amendment 297 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25 c. Calls on the Commission and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to address the issue of forced marriage, including the phenomenon of underaged girls being forced to marry older men from outside their religion or belief, as a means of (re-)conversion from one religion or belief to another; condemns in strong terms any such use of forced marriage, house arrest, rape and other degrading treatment against women;
Amendment 329 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts in promoting equal rights for persons with disabilities through external action; emphasises the need to increase pressure on candidate countries to implement reforms to improve the situation of persons with disabilities and to increase their efforts in terms of deinstitutionalisation; calls on the Commission to assist candidate countries to develop a structured process for consulting persons with disabilities and their representative organisations;
Amendment 376 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Strongly condemns the Iranian authorities’ brutal crackdown on protests throughout the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was killed after being arrested for allegedly wearing an improper hijab; urges the EU and Member States to call on the Iranian authorities and President Raisi to immediately stop using violence against the protesters and cease shutting off access to the internet inside the country;
Amendment 387 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Is deeply concerned about the violence against people belonging to minorities on the grounds of their belief or religion as a global phenomenon; deplores that it affects many religious communities, namely Christians (including Copts, Syriacs, Assyrians), Jews, Muslims (including Uyghurs, Ahmadis and Alevis), Buddhists, Hindus and smaller religious groups, such as Baha’is, Sikhs and Zoroastrians, as well as groups of people who are atheists, humanists, agnostics or do not identify with any religion;
Amendment 390 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Amendment 395 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Fully supports the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion without fear of violence, persecution or discrimination; stresses the importance of addressing persecution on the grounds of religion or belief and condemns the persecution suffered by minorities on these grounds in many places around the world; calls on the Member States and the EEAS to take note of these cases and to respond to them accordingly;
Amendment 397 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35 c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to implement ambitious programmes to defend freedom of religion or belief worldwide, including encouraging and supporting international efforts to collect evidence of crimes of atrocity, bringing the perpetrators to court, rendering criminal sentences effective, and compensating the victims; calls on the Council, the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to work with third countries to adopt measures to prevent and fight hate crime;
Amendment 431 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13, including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).urges for solidarity and responsibility at European level to alleviate the burden that front-line Member States bear owing to their geographical location;
Amendment 447 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39(a) Deplores the fact that, according to UNHCR/OAS data, in 2022 Venezuela and Ukraine (with 6.8 million displaced people per country) were hardest hit by the migrant/refugee crisis, followed by Syria (6.6 million), Afghanistan (2.7 million) and South Sudan (2.3 million); stresses that Venezuela is top of the list despite being the only country on it that is not involved in any armed conflict;
Amendment 41 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In order to ensure the effective application of Union restrictive measures, the integrity of the internal market within the Union, and to achieve a high level of security within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, it is necessary to establish common minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and penalties with regard to the violation of those Union restrictive measures.
Amendment 44 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) To ensure the effective application of Union restrictive measures, it is necessary that Member States have effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties in place for the violation ofnatural or legal persons who violate or breach those Union restrictive measures, including obligations, such as transparency and information reporting, established therein. It is also necessary that those penalties address the circumvention of Union restrictive measures.
Amendment 47 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The effective application of Union restrictive measures calls for common criminal definitions of conduct violating and infringing Union restrictive measures. Member States should ensure that this conduct constitutes a criminal offence when committed with intent as well as with serious negligencepremeditation, intent, malice, negligence or serious recklessness, in case the natural or legal person knew or should have known, that their conduct would infringe Uunion restrictive measures.
Amendment 54 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Persons, entities and bodies, which are designated individually in Union restrictive measures and subject to those Union restrictive measures, may often be involved as instigators, instrumental collaborators and/or accomplices. For instance, the practice by designated persons and entities of transferring funds, property or economic resources to a third party with a view to circumvent Union restrictive measures is increasingly widespread. Therefore, this conduct is covered by the circumvention offence approximated by this Directive.
Amendment 58 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Legal professionals, as defined by the Member States, should be subject to this Directive, including the obligation to report the violation of Union restrictive measures, when providing services in the context of professional activities, such as legal, financial and trade services. Experience shows that there is a clear risk of the services of those legal professionals being misused for the purpose of violating Union restrictive measures. There should, however, be exemptions from any obligation to report information which is obtained in strict connection with judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings, whether before, during or after judicial proceedings, or in the course of ascertaining the legal position of a client. Therefore, legal advice in those circumstances should remain subject to the obligation of professional secrecy, except where the legal professional is taking part in the violation of Union restrictive measures, the legal advice is provided for the purposes of violating Union restrictive measures, orthe legal professional has sufficient grounds to believe that the provided legal advice may be being wilfully used to circumvent Union restrictive measures, or where the legal professional knows that the client is seeking legal advice for the purposes of violating Union restrictive measures. Knowledge can be inferred from objective factual circumstances.
Amendment 71 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Penalties for the offences should be effective, dissuasive and proportionate. To this end, minimum levels for the maximum term of imprisonment should be set for natural persons. Additional penalties or measures should also be available in criminal proceedings. They should include fines, taking into account that the violation of Union restrictive measures is mostly motivated by economic considerations. Other accompanying measures could include the disqualification of those who violate or circumvent Union restrictive measures from practising the profession concerned.
Amendment 73 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A further approximation and effectiveness of level of penalties imposed in practice should be fostered through common aggravating circumstances that increase the criminal responsibility of the individual and reflect the severity of the crime committed. The notion of aggravating circumstances should be understood either as factsconditions surrounding the commission of an offence and allowing the national judge or court to pronounce a higher sentence for the same offence than the one incurred without these facts, or as the possibility of retaining several offences cumulatively in order to increase the level of the penalty. Member States should provide for the possibility of at least one of these aggravating circumstances in accordance with applicable rules established by their legal system on aggravating circumstances. In any case, it should remain within the discretion of the judge or the court to determine whether to increase the sentence, taking into account all the circumstances of the individual case.
Amendment 75 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Given, in particular, the global and organised activities of the perpetrators of illegal conduct covered by this Directive, together with the cross-bordertransnational nature of the offences and the possibility of cross- border investigations, Member States should establish jurisdiction in order to counter such conduct quickly, consistently and effectively.
Amendment 76 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Member States should lay down rules concerning limitation periods necessary to enable them to countermbat offences related to the violation of Union restrictive measures effectively, without prejudice to national rules that do not set limitation periods for investigation, prosecution and enforcement.
Amendment 78 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) To ensure an effective, transparent, integrated and coherent enforcement system, Member States should organise internal cooperation and communication between all actors along the administrative and criminal enforcement chains.
Amendment 81 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to optimise criminal prosecution and the effective application of sanctions for any violation or circumvention of Union restrictive measures, it is necessary to extend the European Public Prosecutor’s Office's current competences, including the criminal offences covered by this Directive. Furthermore, all EU Member States should participate in this institution to make it more efficient.
Amendment 82 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Whistleblowers can provide valuable information to competent authorities concerning past, ongoing or planned violations of Union restrictive measures, including attempts to circumvent them. This information can relate, for example, to facts concerning violations of Union restrictive measures, their circumstances and, the individuals, companies and third countries involved. Therefore, it should be ensured that adequate arrangements are in place to enable such whistleblowers to alert the competent authorities and to protect them from retaliation. For that purpose, it should be provided that Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council49 is applicable to the reporting of violations of Union restrictive measures and to the protection of persons reporting such violations. Furthermore, the provisions of the previous Directive on false reports will be taken into account. _________________ 49 Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17–56).
Amendment 91 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes common minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and penalties with regard to the violation of Union restrictive measures.
Amendment 92 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) Individual measures
Amendment 96 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Sectorial measures
Amendment 98 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c – point viii
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c – point viii
(viii) crypto assets, such as cryptocurrencies or tokens (fungible or non-fungible);
Amendment 104 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – title
Article 3 – title
Violation and circumvention of Union restrictive measures
Amendment 107 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the violation of a Union restrictive measure constitutes a criminal offence when committed intentionally or in a premeditated or malicious manner and provided it falls in one of the categories defined in paragraph 2.
Amendment 108 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
(-a) At the individual level
Amendment 111 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) making funds or economic resources directly or indirectly available to, or for the benefit of, a designated person, entity or body in violation of a prohibition by a Union restrictive measure;
Amendment 114 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) failing to freeze without undue delay funds or economic resources belonging to or owned, held or controlled by a designated person, entity or body in violation of an obligation to do so imposed by a Union restrictive measure;Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 117 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) enabling the entry of designated natural persons into the territory of a Member State - including maritime, air and/or land territory- or their transit through the territory of a Member State in violation of a prohibition by a Union restrictive measure, this paragraph covers international areas situated in the territory of a Member State, for example ports or airports, among others;
Amendment 120 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) At the sectorial level
Amendment 123 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) trading in goods, technology or services whose import, export, sale, purchase, transfer, transit or transport is prohibited or restricted by Union restrictive measures, as well as providing brokering services or other services relating to those goods and services;
Amendment 125 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h – introductory part
(h) For the purposes of this Directive, the following shall be regarded as circumventing a Union restrictive measure by:
Amendment 127 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i
(i) concealing funds or economic resources owned, held, or controlled by a designated person, entity or body, which should be frozen in accordance with a Union restrictive measure, by the transfer or change of ownership of those funds, or economic resources to a third party, enabling the addressees of the Union restrictive measures to continue making use of them;
Amendment 137 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
(3) The conduct referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) to (g) shall constitute a criminal offence also if committed with serious recklessness or negligence.
Amendment 140 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
(5) Nothing in paragraph 2 shall be understood as imposing an obligation on legal professionals to report information which is obtained in strict connection with judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings, whether before, during or after judicial proceedings, or in the course of ascertaining the legal position of a client. Legal advice in those circumstances shall be protected by professional secrecy, except where the legal professional is taking part in the violation of Union restrictive measures, the legal advice is provided for the purposes of violating Union restrictive measures, orthe legal professional has sufficient grounds to believe that the provided legal advice may be being wilfully used to circumvent Union restrictive measures or where the legal professional knows that the client is seeking legal advice for the purposes of violating Union restrictive measures.
Amendment 158 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Inciting, cooperating, aiding and abetting, and attempt
Amendment 159 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that inciting, instrumentally cooperating in and aiding and abetting the offences referred to in Article 3 is punishable as a criminal offence.
Amendment 165 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the criminal offences referred to in Article 3(2), points (h)(iii), (iv) and (v), are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least onthree years of imprisonment when they involve funds or economic resources of a value of at least EUR 100 000. Member States shall ensure that the threshold of EUR 100 000 or more may also be met through a series of linked offences referred to in Article 3(2), points (h)(iii), (iv) and (v), when committed by the same offender.
Amendment 171 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
(5) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that natural persons who have committed the offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4 may be subject to additional penalties. Those additional penalties shall include fines that shall be imposed to the discretion of each Member State, depending on the different types set out in its legislation, and the temporary or permanent disqualification from practising the activity or profession that enabled the criminal offence to occur.
Amendment 181 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 76 is subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, which shall include criminal or non-criminal fines, exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid, exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions and may include other penalties, such as:
Amendment 186 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that for legal persons held liable pursuant to Article 76 the criminal offences referred to in Article 3(2), points (h) (iii) to (v), are punishable by fines, the maximum limit of which should be not less than 1 percent of the total worldwide turnover of the legal person in the business year preceding the fining decision.
Amendment 188 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that for legal persons held liable pursuant to Article 76 the criminal offences referred to in Article 3(2), points (a) to (f), (h)(i) and (ii), and point (i), are punishable by fines, the maximum limit of which should be not less than 5 percent of the total worldwide turnover of the legal person in the business year preceding the fining decision.
Amendment 197 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the offence was committed by a member of the government administration of a Member State, i.e. the Prime Minister, President, Ministers, senior public officials or any person directly or indirectly in their chain of command.
Amendment 200 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the offence was committed for personal gain by a professional of the categories mentioned in paragraphs b, c, d and e;
Amendment 201 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) the natural or legal person has previously committed offences under Articles 3 and 4, i.e. the person is a repeat offender.
Amendment 211 #
Amendment 212 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the criminal offence was committed in whole or in part within its territory, including its air and maritime space;
Amendment 214 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the offence is committed for the benefit of a natural or legal person which is established on its territory;
Amendment 215 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the offence is committed for the benefit of a natural or legal person in respect of any business done in whole or in part on its territory.
Amendment 217 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the investigation, prosecution, trial and judicial decision of criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4 which are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least five years of imprisonment, or the offender's disqualification, for a period of at least five years from the time when the offence was committed.
Amendment 221 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) a penalty of imprisonment in the case of a criminal offence which is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least fourive years of imprisonment,
Amendment 241 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States’ competent authorities shall also frequently and regularly share information on practical issues, in particular, patterns of circumvention, e.g. structures to conceal the beneficial ownership and control of assets, with the Commission and other competent authorities.
Amendment 244 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – title
Article 17 – title
Amendments to Directive (EU) 2018/ 1673 on countering money laundering by criminal law
Amendment 254 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(2) Without prejudice to reporting obligations laid down in other Union legal acts, Member States shall, on an annual basis, submit the following statistics on the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4 to the Commissiono the Commission and make public in accordance with the transparency principle, the following statistics on the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4, and they shall also ensure that any interested EU citizens can access this information easily:
Amendment 256 #
2022/0398(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the value of funds and economic resources that have been frozen and the value of funds and economic resources that have been seized.
Amendment 176 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Single Market emergency instrument and repealamending Council Regulation No (EC) 2679/98 (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 967 #
2022/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Council Regulation (EC) 2679/98 is repealed with effect from [date]. amended as follows: 1. Whereas the Single Markey emergency mode has been activated pursuant to article 14 of Regulation xxx/2023 (Single Market Instrument Regulation), articles 3, 4 and 5 of this regulation shall cease to apply for the duration pof that mode. 2. The previous paragraph is without prejudice to any obligation resulting from a threat prior to the emergency mode being activated.
Amendment 24 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Pursuant to the statement in the minutes of the European Council meeting of 25 November 2018, any future agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom concerning Gibraltar will require the prior agreement of the Kingdom of Spain. Given Gibraltar's particular geographical situation, its status under international law, its specific characteristics and its special relationship with Spain, measures adopted by the EU under this Regulation which affect the territory of Gibraltar or any agreement concluded between the EU and the United Kingdom concerning that territory should also require the prior consent of the Kingdom of Spain.
Amendment 62 #
2022/0068(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Where they concern the territory of Gibraltar or any agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom relating to that territory, the adoption of measures pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall require the prior consent of the Kingdom of Spain.
Amendment 288 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union is founded on the respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights as enshrined in the EU treaties and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Those core values that have inspired the Union’s own creation, as well as the universality and indivisibility of human rights, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, should guide the Union’s action on the international scene. Such action includes fostering the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries.
Amendment 294 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Companies should take appropriate steps to set up and carry out due diligence measures, with respect to their own operations, their subsidiaries, as well as their established direct and indirect business relationships throughout their value chains in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. This Directive should not require companies to guarantee, in all circumstances, that adverse impacts will never occur or that they will be stopped. For example with respect to business relationships where the adverse impact results from State intervention, the company might not be in a position to arrive at such results. Therefore, the main obligations in this Directive should be ‘obligations of means’. The company should take the appropriate measures which can reasonably be expected to result in prevention or minimisation of the adverse impact under the circumstances of the specific case. Account should be taken of the specificities of the company’s value chain, sector or geographical area in which its value chain partners operate, the company’s power to influence its direct and indirect business relationships, and whether the company could increase its power of influence.
Amendment 301 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Adverse human rights and environmental impact occur in companies’ own operations, subsidiaries, products, and in their value chains, in particular at the level of raw material sourcing, manufacturing, or at the level of product or waste disposal. In order for the due diligence to have a meaningful impact, it should cover human rights and environmental adverse impacts generated throughout the life-cycle of production and use and disposal of product or provision of services, at the level of own operations, subsidiaries and in value chainsof operations in the value chains of companies within the scope.
Amendment 302 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The value chain should cover activities related to the production of a good or provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of established business relationships of the company. It should encompass upstream established direct and indirect business relationships that design, extract, manufacture, transport, store and supply raw material, products, parts of products, or provide services to the company that are necessary to carry out the company’s activities, and also downstream relationships, including established direct and indirect business relationships, that use or receive products, parts of products or services from the company up to the end of life of the product, including inter alia the distribution of the product to retailers, the transport and storage of the product, dismantling of the product, its recycling, composting or landfilling.
Amendment 305 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to allow companies to properly identify the adverse impacts in their value chain and to make it possible for them to exercise appropriate leverage, the due diligence obligations should be limited in this Directive to establishedshould cover business relationships. For the purpose of this Directive, established business relationships should mean such direct and indirect business relationships which are, or which are expected to be lasting, in view of their intensity and duration and which do not represent a negligible or ancillary part of the value chain. The nature of business relationships as “established” should be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months. If the direct business relationship of a company is established, then all linked indirect business relationships should also be considered as established regarding that company relevant based on the risk and severity of adverse impacts associated therewith.
Amendment 312 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that due diligence forms part of companies’ corporate policies, and in line with the relevant international framework, companies should integrate due diligence into all their corporate policies and have in place a due diligence policy. The due diligence policy should contain a description of the company’s approach, including in the long term, to due diligence, a code of conduct describing the rules and principles to be followed by the company’s employees and subsidiaries; a description of the processes put in place to implement due diligence, including the measures taken to verify compliance with the code of conduct and to extend its application to established business relationships. The code of conduct should apply in all relevant corporate functions and operations, including procurement and purchasing decisions. Companies should also update their due diligence policy annually.
Amendment 319 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) So as to comply with the prevention and mitigation obligation under this Directive, companies should be required to take the following actions, where relevant. Where necessary due to the complexity of prevention measures, companies should develop and implement a prevention action plan. Companies should seek to obtain contractual assurances from a direct partner with whom they have an established business relationship that it will ensure compliance with the code of conduct or the prevention action plan, including by seeking corresponding contractual assurances from its partners to the extent that their activities are part of the companies’ value chain. The contractual assurances should be accompanied by appropriate measures to verify compliance. To ensure comprehensive prevention of actual and potential adverse impacts, companies should also make investments which aim to prevent adverse impacts, provide targeted and proportionate support for an SME with which they have an established business relationship such as financing, for example, through direct financing, low-interest loans, guarantees of continued sourcing, and assistance in securing financing, to help implement the code of conduct or prevention action plan, or technical guidance such as in the form of training, management systems upgrading, and collaborate with other companies.
Amendment 323 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Under the due diligence obligations set out by this Directive, if a company identifies actual human rights or environmental adverse impacts, it should take appropriate measures to bring those to an end. It can be expected that a company is able to bring to an end actual adverse impacts in their own operations and in subsidiaries. However, it should be clarified that, as regards establisheda business relationships, where adverse impacts cannot be brought to an end, companies should minimise the extent of such impacts. Minimisation of the extent of adverse impacts should require an outcome that is the closest possible to bringing the adverse impact to an end. To provide companies with legal clarity and certainty, this Directive should define which actions companies should be required to take for bringing actual human rights and environmental adverse impacts to an end and minimisation of their extent, where relevant depending on the circumstances.
Amendment 325 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) So as to comply with the obligation of bringing to an end and minimising the extent of actual adverse impacts under this Directive, companies should be required to take the following actions, where relevant. They should neutralise the adverse impact or minimise its extent, with an action proportionate to the significance and scale of the adverse impact and to the contribution of the company’s conduct to the adverse impact. Where necessary due to the fact that the adverse impact cannot be immediately brought to an end, companies should develop and implement a corrective action plan with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. Companies should also seek to obtain contractual assurances from a direct business partner with whom they have an established business relationship that they will ensure compliance with the company’s code of conduct and, as necessary, a prevention action plan, including by seeking corresponding contractual assurances from its partners, to the extent that their activities are part of the company’s value chain. The contractual assurances should be accompanied by the appropriate measures to verify compliance. Finally, companies should also make investments aiming at ceasing or minimising the extent of adverse impact, provide targeted and proportionate support for an SMEs with which they have an established business relationship and collaborate with other entities, including, where relevant, to increase the company’s ability to bring the adverse impact to an end.
Amendment 332 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Companies should monitor the implementation and effectiveness of their due diligence measures. They should carry out periodic assessments of their own operations, those of their subsidiaries and, where related to the value chains of the company, those of their established business relationships, to monitor the effectiveness of the identification, prevention, minimisation, bringing to an end and mitigation of human rights and environmental adverse impacts. Such assessments should verify that adverse impacts are properly identified, due diligence measures are implemented and adverse impacts have actually been prevented or brought to an end. In order to ensure that such assessments are up-to- date, they should be carried out at least every 12 months and be revised in-between if there are reasonable grounds to believe that significant new risks of adverse impact could have arisen.
Amendment 348 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) As regards damages occurring at the level of established indirect business relationships, the liability of the company should be subject to specific conditions. The company should not be liable if it carried out specific due diligence measures. However, it should not be exonerated from liability through implementing such measures in case it was unreasonable to expect that the action actually taken, including as regards verifying compliance, would be adequate to prevent, mitigate, bring to an end or minimise the adverse impact. In addition, in the assessment of the existence and extent of liability, due account is to be taken of the company’s efforts, insofar as they relate directly to the damage in question, to comply with any remedial action required of them by a supervisory authority, any investments made and any targeted support provided as well as any collaboration with other entities to address adverse impacts in its value chains.
Amendment 378 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 422 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ‘stakeholders’ means the company’s employees, the employees of its subsidiaries, and other individuals, groups, communities or entities whose rights or interests are or could be affected by the products, services and operations of that company, its subsidiaries and its business relationships;
Amendment 457 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that appropriate resources, for the purposes of identifying the adverse impacts referred to in paragraph 1 based on, where appropriate, quantitative and qualitative, are made available to companies inf ormation, companies are entitled to make use of appropriate resources, includingder to enable compliance with the Directive. Member States may work with the Commission to prepare appropriate resources and shall be entitled to make use of independent reports and information gathered through the complaints procedure provided for in Article 9. Companies shall, where relevant, also carry out consultations with potentially affected groups including workers and other relevant stakeholders to gather information on actual or potential adverse impacts.
Amendment 465 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) where necessary due to the nature or complexity of the measures required for prevention, develop and implement a prevention action plan, with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. The prevention action plan shall be developed in consultation with affected stakeholders, when appropriate;
Amendment 486 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) neutralise the adverse impact or minimise its extent, including by the payment of damages to the affected persons and of financial compensation to the affected communities. The action shall be proportionate a proportionate manner to the significance and scale of the adverse impact and to the contribution of the company’s conduct to the adverse impact;
Amendment 495 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) where necessary due to the fact that the adverse impact cannot be immediately brought to an end, develop and implement a corrective action plan with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. Where relevant, the corrective action plan shall be developed in consultation with affected stakeholders;
Amendment 523 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) civil society organisations recognised by EU and/or UN active in the areas related to the valuesupply chain concerned.
Amendment 531 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) to meet with the company’s representatives at an appropriate level to discuss potential or actual severe adverse impacts that are the subject matter of the complaint.
Amendment 549 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to provide support to companies or to Member State authorities on how companies should fulfil their due diligence obligations, the Commission, in consultation with Member States and stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Environment Agency, and where appropriate with international bodies having expertise in due diligence, mayshall issue guidelines, including for specific sectors or specific adverse impacts.
Amendment 602 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – subheading 2
Annex I – Part I – subheading 2
Human rights and fundamental freedoms conventions to which the EU is a signatory
Amendment 608 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 13 a (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 13 a (new)
- UN Guiding Principles for Human Rights and Business (UNGPs);
Amendment 609 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part I – indent 13 b (new)
Annex I – Part I – indent 13 b (new)
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that EFAD is overly complex, indicating gaps and overlaps that undermine the EU's development impact and leadership. In this regard, welcomes the Council conclusions of 4 June 2021, where Member States endorsed the "Status Quo Plus" option to improve the current situation, for more effective cooperation between the EIB and the EBRD, together with DFIs in a "Team Europe" approach; reiterates that the latter could strongly contribute to the EU’s competitiveness in the global financial landscape; calls on the European Commission to encourage Member States to pool resources, finance, coordination and communication in common projects (Team Europe Initiatives);
Amendment 6 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that new players have emerged in global financing, countries that have economic and geopolitical interests often contradicting those of the European Union and opposite to the Union’s concept of democracy, rule of law, peace and sustainability; in this respect calls the EIB, EBRD and other DFIs to create a framework for enhanced cooperation on joint financing projects and platforms and improve the effectiveness of their delivery in countries outside the European Union;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to move forward from the current status quo and provide a strong and clear policy steer to ensure consistency of EU action as Team Europe by applying the enhanced EFAD in the successful implementation of European initiatives, such as the Global Gateway strategy, the Green Deal or the Strategic Compass after its adoption, in order to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy and promote the EU’s values through its partnerships; calls on the Commission to duly involve the Parliament in the decisions on the Global Gateway investment programmes and keep it regularly informed about the respective developments, including budgetary implications, as they unfold;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a stronger coordination between the European Commission and the EEAS and EU delegations, specifically in developing countries with the most fragile economies, to facilitate discussions and cooperation with relevant actors on the ground in order to identify the most effective projects;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses that DFIs are encouraged to take more risk in their investment programmes through the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+), to also reach the most fragile economies; in this respect, calls on the European Commission to play a greater role in helping to develop the supply side of projects, providing support for project preparation and helping DFIs to coordinate, while ensuring the integration of smaller DFIs;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reaffirms the specific role and responsibility of the European Investment Bank (EIB) as the EU’s financial arm with a global reach; calls for the EIB to be further capitalised on as an exclusively EU-owned tool for reinforcing the EU’s external policy priorities; welcomes, in this regard, the establishment of EIB Global; calls for a strengthening of the EIB's capacities on the ground to work with the European Commission in policy dialogue and project identification;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes that in the implementation of the EFSD blending projects between 2018 and 2020 the EIB has been the main financer of climate- related EU projects and that the EBRD has led Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) support in the neighbourhood;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that the EIB, needs to strengthen its capacities to support private sector development in Africa and, in this regard, calls on the EIB to dedicate more funds to African MSMEs through the EFSD+ blended budget;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Team Europe approach provides a unique opportunity to leverage EU impact and visibility in the world far more than is currently the case; expresses the need for an inclusive Team Europe spirit to also be put into action in the EFAD; notes that the key to the success of the Team Europe approach is EU policy- guided cooperation and coordination in a transparent and inclusive environment; emphasises that Parliament’s close involvement in the strategic orientation of Team Europe initiatives is key to preserving their democratic legitimacymaking publicly available information contained in Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs), such as intervention costs, financial instruments deployed and which investments are jointly owned by partner countries; emphasises that Parliament’s close involvement in the strategic orientation of Team Europe initiatives is key to preserving their democratic legitimacy; in this sense, highlights that the European Parliament should further reinforce the EFAD’s functioning under the Team Europe approach by expanding supervisory scope to the whole team;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for a better geographical balance in the use of the EFSD+ blending and guarantees in line with NDICI and support for least developed and fragile countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that the EFAD is focused on least developed and fragile countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, but uUrges that it be borne in mind that around two thirds of the EIB and EBRD’s combined external operations are concentrated in accession and neighbourhood countries where the EU needs to deliver on the recently launched Economic and Investment Plans for the Western Balkans as well as in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods; calls in this regard for the EIB and EBRD’s operations and role to be strengthened.
Amendment 37 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reminds that the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) foresees a strong conditionality and funding must be modulated or even suspended in the case of significant regression or persistent lack of progress in the area of the so-called “fundamentals”, notably in the field of the rule of law and fundamental rights;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Reiterates that in order to address today’s global challenges, it is essential to make EFAD more relevant, coherent and responsive, but this cannot be at the expense and should adequately cater to the Parliament’s rights of scrutiny over the way the external action funds are used or on setting political priorities;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Regrets the growing irrelevance of the Latin America and Caribbean regions within the EU policy making, which corresponds to a reduction in the budget allocation for those regions in the Union's financial framework 2021-2027; at the same time is aware that geopolitical impact of funds allocated to any region does not necessarily depend on the overall amount of budget; in this regard, stresses that there must be adequate policy steering from the Commission to ensure that the available instruments offered by the EFSD+ are used to strengthen closer partnerships with the Latin America and Caribbean regions and contribute to their development;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 on the accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, and to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/298 of 9 September 2010, which acknowledged the content of the ICJ opinion, and welcomed the EU’s readiness to facilitate dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,
Amendment 8 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
— having regard to the first agreement on principles governing the normalisation of relations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo of 19 April 2013, to the agreements of 25 August 2015, and to the ongoing EU- facilitated dialogue for the normalisation of relations,
Amendment 309 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reconfirms its support for the EU- facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and reiterates the importance of constructive engagement on the part of the authorities of both Serbia and Kosovo in order to achieve a comprehensive legally bindingin order to achieve normalisation agreement, which is crucial for both countries to advance on their respective European pathserspective; calls for all past agreements to be respected and fully implemented, including the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo*, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 April 20161 , __________________ 1 OJ L 71, 16.3.2016, p. 3. *This designation shall not be construed as a recognition of statehood and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence1a __________________ 1 OJ L 71, 16.3.2016, p. 3. 1a This mention should be included in the title and applied throughout the entire document
Amendment 7 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 on the accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, and to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/298 of 9 September2010, which acknowledged the content of the ICJ opinion, and welcomed the EU’s readiness to facilitate dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,
Amendment 9 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to the first agreement on principles governing the normalisation of relations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo of 19 April 2013, to the agreements of 25 August 2015, and to the ongoing EU- facilitated dialogue for the normalisation of relations,
Amendment 11 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
— having regard to its previous resolutions on the countryKosovo,
Amendment 12 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22
Citation 22
Amendment 21 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 27 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a comprehensive legally binding normalisation agreement between Serbia and Kosovo is crucial for both countries to advance oin their respective European pathsEuropean perspective;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Kosovo has not been granted visa liberalisation, although all benchmarks have been fulfilled since 2018;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Kosovo’s commitment to advance on EU-related reforms and the overwhelming public support for European integration; without prejudice to Member States' positions on status;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the adoption of the Action Plan of the European Reform Agenda II and the National Programme for the Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement; underlines the need to strengthen the administrative capacities and to put in place a coherent coordination structure within the Kosovo institutions for their effective implementation;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 78 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 81 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 123 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note of the government’sKosovo authorities' plans for the vetting of judges and prosecutors, and underlines the importance of the Venice Commission’s opinion; stresses that vetting should be used as a last resort and insists that the EU and the US reservations should not be disregarded;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Commends Kosovo’s vibrant and constructive civil society for its work and engagement; encourages the governmentKosovar authorities to establish cooperative working relations with them, based on mutual trust and to ensure their meaningful involvement in the respective reform projects;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the governmentKosovar authorities to implement the ruling of the Constitutional Court granting parcels of land to the Visoki Dečani Monastery; is concerned that the authorities have still not implemented this court decision, thereby undermining the government’sauthorities' commitment to enforcing the rule of law and its respect for an independent judiciary;
Amendment 187 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is deeply concerned about the continuing high level of domestic and gender-based violence in Kosovo; calls for the effective implementation of the national strategy against domestic and gender-based violence;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. WelcomesTakes note of Kosovo’s active participation in the regional cooperation mechanisms, including the Common Regional Market and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans; welcomes the various bilateral cooperation agreements between Kosovo and North Macedonia and Albania;
Amendment 208 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reconfirms its support for the EU- facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and reiterates the importance of constructive engagement on the part of the authorities of both Serbia and Kosovo in order to achieve a comprehensive legally bindingin order to achieve normalisation agreement, which is crucial for both countries to advance on their respective European pathsEuropean perspective; calls for all past agreements to be respected and fully implemented, including the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the decision of the Government of KosovoKosovar authorities to reject a proposal enabling the collection of the ballots of eligible voters to allow them to vote in the territory of Kosovo in the 3 April 2022 Serbian elections, as had been the case previously;
Amendment 291 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the governmentKosovar authorities to speed up its work on the Energy Strategy 2022- 2030, with a particular focus on a sustainable and affordable energy supply, increased energy efficiency and the further diversification of energy sources;
Amendment 306 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the President of the European Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign and Security Policy, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and to the President, and the Government and Parliament of KosovoKosovar authorities.
Amendment 2 #
2021/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— Having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief of 24 June 2013, in those aspects where the Guidelines address support for and engagement with human rights defenders on behalf of religious groups, philosophical, non-confessional or other civil society organisations,
Amendment 6 #
2021/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas restrictive government policies, negative discourse and intimidation or violence are common manifestations of threats to HRDs; whereas these factors are often interlinked;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the new EU global human rights sanctions regime allows the EU to target serious human rights violations and abuses worldwide; whereas the use of this tool could be enhanced by making it subject to qualified majority voting;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 9 a (new)
Paragraph 18 – indent 9 a (new)
- The promotion of training for HRDs on such matters as reporting on human rights abuses and attacks on HRDs, local and international legal mechanisms of protection against human rights violations, and procedural rights in such cases where HRDs face criminal charges for their legitimate activities;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage and facilitate active engagement and consultation with HRDs already relocated to Europe on designing and implementing HRDs relocation programs, aid and regional initiatives according to the specific realities and needs faced by HRDs in third countries;
Amendment 189 #
2021/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47 a. Notes with regret that EU Delegations are not present in some countries where HRDs are facing risks and danger in conducting their activities; acknowledges that EU delegations’ presence in such thirds countries is essential for the implementation of these Guidelines and effective engagement on individual urgent and serious HRD cases and other local actions; calls on the EEAS to continue exploring possibilities of establishing the EU presence in the form of a delegation in the countries with serious human rights concerns;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the 2020 and 2021 ‘State of Food and Agriculture’ reports published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
Amendment 13 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast),
Amendment 14 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 19 March 2014 on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Water and sanitation are a human right! Water is a public good, not a commodity!’,
Amendment 24 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
Citation 19
Amendment 28 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Principle 20 (‘Access to essential services’) of the European Pillar of Social Rights proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 17 November 2017 includes an express reference to the right of citizens to water and sanitation;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the denial of the human right to water has repercussions on enjoyment of the right to health; considering that contaminated water, the inadequate management of urban, industrial and agricultural wastewater and poor sanitation are linked to the transmission of serious diseases and even death;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the humanlack of respect for, protection of and compliance with the rights to water is linked toand sanitation often hinder the right to education; whereas children, in mostany cases girls, have to walk miles every day to fetch water, which prevents them from attending schoolmillions of children around the world from attending school; whereas many children stop going to school because of illnesses linked to contaminated water or to poor hygiene practices; whereas girls are also forced to drop out of school when they are unable to access gender-toilets appropriate toilets and manage their menstruation in a dignified manner their needs;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, as indicated in the EU human rights guidelines on safe drinking water and sanitation, the human right to water and sanitation encompasses the dimensions of availability, security, physical accessibility, acceptability, quality and affordability and the principles of the human rights-based approach (non- discrimination, accountability, transparency, participation, etc.);
Amendment 54 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, according to FAO data from 2020, per capita freshwater availability hasd fallen by 20% over the past two decades; whereas population growth, agricultural intensification, urbanisation, the effects of climate change, environmental degradation, as well as certain unlawful and polluting practices in water use, are posing ever-greater water access problems in many regions;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the ongoing climate crisis, withclimate change may cause increasing droughts, floods and torrential rains, is exacerbating inequalities in distribution of water; whereas floods and other water- related disasters account for 70% of alla high percentage of deaths linked to natural disasters;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas ‘water stress’ or water supply-linked vulnerability, defined by the UN as the point at which the supply or quality of water cannot be satisfied fully, can be a direct and indirect cause of displacement and migration; whereas, according to the UN’s water development reports, five of the world’s eleven regionwater scarcity is a relative concept, a social construct or the consequence of altered supply patterns, stemming, for example, from climate change; whereas, accountrding for two thirds of the global population, are currently experiencing water stresto the FAO, the growing trend of global water stress during the last 20 years reflects stress that is increasing in various regions of the world, with decreases in other regions of the planet unable to compensate for the increases; whereas, according to the UN’s 2020 Sustainable Development Goals Report, water scarcity could displace some 700 million people by 2030;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the illegal exploitation of natural resources by organised crime has a huge impact on the pollution of the entire region exploited and, depending on its location, may adversely affect the hydrological cycle;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the vast majority – around 70% – of the world's fresh water is used for agriculture, while the remainder is divided between industrial (19%), mainly in the food, textile, energy, industrial, chemical, pharmaceutical, and mining sectors, and domestic use (11%), including human consumption;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the abusive and often illegal extractive industries have contributed to the overexploitation of surface and groundwater resources, pollution and the destruction of glaciers, forests, wetlands, rivers and other vital water sources for human consumption;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the textile industry counts among the sectors that consume the most water in the world, and whereas apparel and textiles are produced in some of the world's most water-scarce regions; whereas this industry is ranked as the second most polluting in the world and a large part of that pollution ends up in bodies of water; whereas the Commission plans to adopt, in the first quarter of 2022, the ‘EU strategy for sustainable textiles’, which sets out to help the EU to move towards a circular economy in which textile products are designed to last longer and be reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy efficient;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas since 6 December 2020 water has been traded on the Wall Street commodities futures market; whereas, in the words of Pedro Arrojo, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, ‘water has a set of vital values for our society that the market logic does not recognise and therefore, cannot manage adequately, let alone in a financial space so prone to speculation’; whereas the UN has warned that trading water on the Wall Street futures market is in breach of basic human rights;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the right to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right, which is in turn fundamentalguarantees access to water for personal and domestic use, as is essential for the development of human dignity; highlights the fact that the right to water is a fundamental precondition for the developenjoyment of other rights, and as such must be guided by a logic grounded in the public interest and common good;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that enshrining the right to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right was a crucial milestone on the road to greater social and environmental justice; affirms, however, that progress in access to these rights is hampered by the low political priority given to the sector, poor implementation and monitoring of policies, underfunding, lack of accountability and gaps in public participation, particularly among the most marginalised in society;
Amendment 114 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the responsibility of states to promote and safeguard all human rights; reiterates, therefore, that states must ensure the affordability of universal access to safe drinking water in sufficient quantity and quality;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that states that ratify a human rights treaty undertake to protect, respect and fulfil the commitments adopted in the international, regional and national framework for the protection of these rights; takes the view in this regard that the international community’s recognition of the right to water and sanitation must encompass protection and enforceability arrangements and, therefore, calls on the EU to promote protection mechanisms at international, regional and national level to ensure that upholding the right to water and sanitation is not optional for states but rather an enforceable right; recalls that the right to water means that water supply services must be affordable for all and that nobody should be deprived of access to them;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the External Action Service to require the non-EU countries with which it maintains human rights dialogues to promote the effective application of the right to water and to guarantee its affordability for the civilian population where this is not already the case and to monitor and evaluate the results in implementing this right;
Amendment 142 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Maintains that the full exercise of the right to water depends on the preservation of biodiversity, and therefore demands that water management should respond primarily to social and environmental and social interests and not to those of the various sectors of the economyinterests;
Amendment 146 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that certain development models that favour vast projects and large- scale business activities undermine the availability and quality of water in all countries and increase competition for water and exacerbate other water-related conflicts;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that pollution and the excessive extraction of water resources by means of industrial activities or discharge are among the most commonly identified threats to the exercise of the human rights to water and sanitation;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the important work undertaken by environmental rights defenders, in particular those safeguarding the right to water, and roundly condemns the killings, abductions, torture, gender- based violence, threats, harassment, intimidation, smear campaigns, criminalisation, judicial harassment, forced evictions and displacements carried out by numerous perpetrators, including governments and multinational corporations;(Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 172 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that indigenous people can play a vitaln important role for the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity; asks the EU and its Member States to recognise and protect the rights of indigenous people’s rights (those who, complying with the rules, may potentially become environmental defenders and also condemns those who damage the environment) to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and ILO Convention 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent; Requests that the EU Member States which have not yet done so ratify ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;
Amendment 179 #
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 safethe rights of women and children, making it difficult, on the one hand, for women to lead safe and healthy lives and, on the other, impacting the health of children and thealthy lives quality of the education they receive for their future development;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that companies worldwide must ensure that their activities do not encroach on the enjoyment of the human right of access to safe drinking water; demands support for the binding treaty being drafted at the United Nationsdeclarations, pacts and treaties at the United Nations that have included this right;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. DeploresHighlights the fact that, as several UN experts have stated, the commodification of water and speculation in futures markets is in breach of basic human rights poses a threat since it cand contributes to increasing environmental degradation and exacerbating the vulnerability of the poorest and most marginalised in society, flying in the face of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 208 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 215 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that, as the EU Water Framework Directive recognises, water is not a commodity but a publica good that is vital to human life and dignity; calls on the Commission, given that these are services of general interest that fall, therefore, primarily in the public interest, to permanently exclude water and sanitation and wastewater treatment from the scope of any trade agreements and to check carefully that trade agreements and the activities of European companies do not undermine, whether by action or omission, the right to drinking water and sanitation;
Amendment 222 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on states to adopt a policy implementing the human right to water and sanitation and promoting the provision of water and sanitation as essential public services for all;(Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 226 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that public provision is the most appropriate model for the exercise of the human rights to water and sanitation; urges states in this regard to engage in a transparent and robust deprivatisation processadopt the model that is best suited to improveing the effective enjoyment of the human rights to water and sanitation in their societies; calls on governments to increase public investments in sustainable water-related infrastructure and to safeguard water as an essential public good;
Amendment 236 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the World Bank and the IMF to prohibitdisincentivise the imposition of conditions requiring governments to privatise water and sanitation services when providing grants, loans and technical assistance; stresses that the widespread privatisation of public goods in many societies is systematically dismantling human rights safeguards and further marginalising those living in the most abject poverty;
Amendment 252 #
2021/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that inequalities in access to water and sanitation are often attributable to systemic inequalities or exclusion; calls on governments to guarantee the absence of discrimination in access to water and sanitation services, as a public good, ensuring the provision thereof for all, in particular by affording priority to access for marginalised groups with a view to remedying systemic discriminat(Does not affect the English version;.)
Amendment 192 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the interdependence between human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change, and welcomes the UN’s call for global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; underlines the vital role played by environmental human rights defenders and local and indigenous populations in preserving such an environment, despite the threats of violence that they often face from those responsible for, and profiting from, environmentally harmful practices; encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC, and requests that the Commission study the relevance of ecocide to EU law and EU diplomacy;
Amendment 219 #
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 is concerned at 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);
Amendment 325 #
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 rights impact 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 seekers;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and in particular Article 27 on work and employment;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 February 2022 with recommendations to the Commission on a statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations,
Amendment 12 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee' opinion of 22 September 2016 on 'The External Dimension of the Social Economy';
Amendment 17 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the social economy encompasses diverse types of private entities, independent of public authorities, as cooperatives, mutual benefit societies, associations (including charities), foundations, social enterprises, and other legal forms, all characterised by different operating and organisational principles and features such as the primacy of people as well as social purpose over profit, the reinvestment of most profits/surpluses, and democratic or participatory governance;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas social economy organisations have a long history in the majority of Member States, most of which have adopted specific laws in this field, and have established themselves as crucial market players; whereas regulatory frameworks must ensure that social economy enterprises can compete effectively in all economic sectors;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 72 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas social economy organisations strengthen the sense of community and social capital, especially at the local level;1a _________________ 1a https://www.oecd- ilibrary.org/docserver/e9eea313- en.pdf?expires=1643295376&id=id∾cna me=guest✓sum=BF1226E6C5CBB1858A 3F36DBF5F48577
Amendment 73 #
2021/2179(INI)
Cc. whereas the social economy contributes to a well-functioning welfare state as it focuses on social and labour needs; whereas, however, it is the State and public authorities at large which have the ultimate responsibility for ensuring universal and equal access of citizens to a high standard of welfare, and as such, social economy organisations should play a complementary role, not a replacement of, first-line, state/regional-based provisions;2a _________________ 2a European Economic and Social Committee Milan declaration, cited in the Council conclusions of 7 December 2015 on ‘The promotion of the social economy as a key driver of economic and social development in Europe’.
Amendment 76 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas social economy organisations operate in key sectors such as health, long-term care, pensions, education, culture, tech for good, housing, leisure and circular economy, renewable energy and waste management, and by virtue of their local anchoring and their social and integrative character, are an intrinsic part of the European social model;
Amendment 78 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas a legal and policy framework that adequately protects and promotes worker cooperative enterprises, a set of policy measures aimed at facilitating business transfers to employees and a high level of organisation and consolidation of worker cooperatives in organisations/federations contribute to successful business transfers to employees;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Amendment 82 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas social economy organisations are perceived by investors as high risk due to the information asymmetries in the market or the investors’ limited understanding of this model;5a _________________ 5a European Commission, Directorate- General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Hayday, M., Varga, E., A recipe book for social finance : a practical guide on designing and implementing initiatives to develop social finance instruments and markets, Publications Office, 2017
Amendment 84 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
C h. whereas social economy organisations and enterprises have traditionally played an important role in the employment and service provision for persons with disabilities, including through UNCRPD-abiding Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE);
Amendment 97 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes, however, that concrete measures and follow-up measures for achieving each objective need to be laid out and the interlinkages between measures and other EU-level initiatives further detailed; considers it necessary to establish a calendar for all actions included in the SEAP, with a view to guiding the relevant authorities in the implementation;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call13 for the ‘think small first’ principle to be set as a guiding principle in the drafting of future legislation and the adoption of policies, so as to make the Union’s ecosystem more competitive and supportive of micro, small and medium-sized organisations both within and outside the social economy and ensure that its role is strengthened to support the development of social economy; _________________ 13 In, inter alia, its resolution of 16 December 2020 on a new strategy for European SMEs and that of 24 June 2021 on European regulatory fitness and subsidiarity principle.
Amendment 144 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reminds the Member States that the Public Procurement Directive (Directive 2014/24/EU) allows contracting authorities to use public procurement to pursue environmental and social objectives, and, in particular, allows for reserved tender procedures for organisations whose main aim is the integration of persons with disabilities or other disadvantaged groups into the workforce; invites public authorities to considerrecognise socially and environmentally responsible public procurement as an investment in the socio-economic fabric with a great potential to combine social and competitive objectives;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds the Member States that the Advisory Platform for Social Outcomes Contracting created by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group can provide expert advice and technical support to public sector organisations wishing to address key social inclusion challenges through outcomes-based approaches;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes existing initiatives in Member States to provide workers interested in the buyout process and cooperatives emerging from workers’ buyouts with legal counselling, financial support, support in the preparation of business plans, data needed for external investors and business support structures; encourages Member States to include this topic in the 2023 Council recommendations in order to further support these initiatives at regional and national level and to work closely with workers' representatives to support and link up with the federations of worker cooperatives in assisting workers’ buyouts ; also urges the Commission to keep on working closely with the Member States to identify tools and solutions to remove obstacles and speed up legal procedures to transfer the ownership of an enterprise after its closure to the employees through worker cooperatives or other forms of worker-owned social economy enterprises; invites the Member States to share and exchange best practices in this regard;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. highlights that social economy organisations have for decades been leaders in implementing circular business models, especially in reusing, repairing and recycling activities, thus accelerating the transition to the circular economy and reinforcing the focus on positive social impact;3a supports the Commission's initiative to strengthen the capacity of the social economy to further develop greener services and products; _________________ 3a OECD/European Union (2022), Policy brief on making the most of the Social Economy’s contribution to the Circular Economy
Amendment 179 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to encourage social impact investing and to assess existing measures to increase citizens’ participation in social impact finance initiatives with a view to increasing the funding of social economy entities and the visibility thereof;
Amendment 180 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Highlights the importance of attaching greater attention to social impact measurement and management methodologies and practices; calls on the European social economy stakeholders to carefully assess the development, together with the support of the Commission, of social impact measurement methodologies apt for the diversity of social economy organisations, as well as a strategy to further access and attract social investments;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Invites the European Commission to examine carefully together with social economy stakeholders and academics the feasibility and practicality of social impact bonds;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up capacity-building partnerships and formal agreements with social economy networks in order to provide social economy organisations with advisory services such as tailor-made mentoring and coaching, financing capacity-building, training and education, incubating services and networking for capacity-building; in this regard, brings to the attention of regional and local authorities committed to initiating or upgrading their capacity building measures for the social economy the Guidelines for Local Governments on Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy published by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development in 2021;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up national, transnational and interregional capacity- building partnerships and formal agreements with social economy networks and their representative organisations in order to provide social economy organisations with advisory services such as tailor-made mentoring and coaching, financing capacity-building, training and education, incubating services and networking for capacity-building; welcomes concrete projects such as the European Business School on Social Economy promoted by the Smart specialisation platform partnership on social economy, formed by six European regions and supported by European Social Economy Networks;
Amendment 194 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the social economy stakeholders to fully align with the targets of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan by making sure that at least 60% of social economy employees and relevant public authorities' officials receive training every year by 2030;
Amendment 195 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make sure that social economy organisations and enterprises comply with the relevant legislation against discrimination at work and ensure decent working conditions, fair remuneration and career growth perspectives;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the key role that new technologies, if accessible to all, can play in developing and scaling up social economy projects and, as well as the importance of giving social economy entrepreneurs priorityenhanced access to training programmes on digital skills and advanced technologies, both at EU and national level, and calls on the Commission and Member States to explore how mainstream businesses and social economy organisations can cooperate in that regard;
Amendment 214 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Highlights the importance of strengthening the business planning, implementation and evaluation skills of social economy organisations by setting up a Social Economy and Proximity Skills Alliance; looks forward to the forthcoming “Pact for Skills for the Social Economy”;
Amendment 252 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the national, regional and local authorities to deepen their knowledge of existing rules regarding the possibility offered by services of general economic interest(SGEI) to access public finance support and to make the most of the margin of discretion in the definition and organisation of SGEI, while exploring the possibility of recognising social economy organisations as SGEI;
Amendment 256 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the idea of launching a new initiative under the Single Market Programme 2022 to support the creation of partnerships between social economy entities and mainstream businesses, enabling a “buy social” business-to- business market;
Amendment 261 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 264 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Invites the Member States to promote the access of social economy organisations and enterprises to Next Generation EU funding, through the Recovery and Resilience national plans, in particular for the promotion of employment, socioeconomic inclusion and the adaptation to the digital and green transitions of disadvantaged groups, such as persons with disabilities;
Amendment 267 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Invites the Member Sates to exchange knowledge and experience on social economy entrepreneurship through the EU Mutual Learning Programme;
Amendment 268 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Highlights the importance of obtaining data and information on the challenges and experiences faced by the social economy in partner countries; regrets that non-EU social economy organisations are not always eligible for EU programmes; invites the Commission to explore how to overcome those barriers;
Amendment 270 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly welcomes the proposal of a Council recommendation on social economy framework conditions to be approved in 2023; believes that it should provide a common definition of the social economy based on its principles and features -as per the SEAP-, a definition that, taking into consideration the diversity of the social economy, applies to all policies, programmes and measures that the European Commission develops and operates for the social economy7a,as it would also ensure that support measures are granted to all social economy organisations and enterprises; notes that the Council Recommendation should serve as a compass to strengthen the social economy legal and policy frameworks, especially in Member States where the social economy ecosystem is less developed, and should clearly highlight the support instruments made available by the EU and provide guidance in relation to specific policies such as public procurement, employment and social policies, taxation, education, skills and training and the importance of linking the circular economy and the social economy agendas; _________________ 7a The approach to follow could be the one followed for the SME Recommendation.
Amendment 275 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly welcomes the proposal of a Council recommendation on social economy framework conditions to be approved in 2023; believes that it should serve as a compass to strengthen the social economy legal and policy frameworks, especially in Member States where the social economy ecosystem is less developed, and should clearly highlight the support instruments made available by the EU and provide guidance in relation to specific policies such as public procurement, state aid, employment and social policies, taxation, education, social and care services, skills and training and the importance of linking the circular economy and the social economy agendas;
Amendment 282 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers it regrettable that Parliament’s past calls on the Commission to submit proposals allowing mutual societies, associations9a and foundations to act on a European and cross-border scale did not lead to any legislative changes, thus undermining the European social model and hindering the completion of the single market; suggests, in view of the window of opportunity opened by the SEAP, as well as the activities of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration, which comprises a majority of Member States, that enhanced cooperation be explored as a tool to overcome the aforementioned decades-long deadlocks; _________________ 9a Resolution on non-profit making associations in the European Communities of 13 April 1987
Amendment 284 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Supports the setting up of national competence centres for social innovation aimed at social economy entrepreneurs, as well as a European competence centre for social innovation; looks forward to the launch of the Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy to be developed together with the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development; calls on social economy organisations to support the emergence of Youth Social Economy Entrepreneurs; believes, however, that the Commission, together with the Member States, should launch targeted initiatives to help other social economy entrepreneurs from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 301 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to update the 2012 Study on the current situation and prospects of mutuals in Europe to identify opportunities and barriers for their development in Europe, particularly in healthcare and insurance;
Amendment 304 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the announced launch of a new study to collect qualitative and quantitative information on the social economy across all Member States; notes that detailed, standardised, comparable and reliable data on the scale and impact of the social economy need to be generated with a view to facilitating evidence-based policy decisions, future-proofing the development of the social economy and contributing to EU economic and social goals; reminds the Member States of the 2015 Council conclusions’ invitation for national statistical authorities to develop and implement social economy satellite accounts;
Amendment 308 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the Commission’s work on a transition pathway for the social economy and proximity industrial ecosystems; notes, however, that additional information is required to explain how such a pathway will be implemented on the ground and how it will interact with other regional and local initiatives;
Amendment 311 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Urges the Commission and the European External Action Service to provide information and training on the social economy to the staff working in EU delegations and to increase the visibility thereof in EU external action;
Amendment 312 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to promote the social economy in the external dimension of EU policies, inter alia, by acknowledging and including its specific nature in future association agreements and the revision of the current ones, and by assessing how it can contribute to its development outside EU borders;
Amendment 314 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to designate social economy coordinators and to set up local social economy contact points with a view to facilitating access to funding, including EU funding; invites the Commission and the social economy organisations to also use the announced Social Economy Gateway to raise awareness of the funding opportunities at EU level; calls on the Member States to properly and effectively implement the SEAP in collaboration with the social economy stakeholders;
Amendment 320 #
2021/2179(INI)
19a. Reiterates Parliament’s support to the fact that the components of the social economy should be recognised in the EU sectoral and inter-sectoral social dialogue and suggests that the process should be encouraged by both the Member States and the Commission9a; and calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the mechanisms and instruments to support the European, national and regional representative organisations of the social economy as they are crucial for the creation of favourable ecosystems for the social economy; _________________ 9a European Parliament Resolution of 19 February 2009 on Social Economy
Amendment 323 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to set up an implementation taskforce for the SEAP, which regularly reports to the European Parliament, the Council and the relevant stakeholders, and to disseminate its composition and timeline for action;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the UN resolution of 25 September 2015 entitled ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, including SDG 16 which covers efforts to combat corruption,
Amendment 13 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard to Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union,
Amendment 14 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)
Citation 20 b (new)
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and amending Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU,
Amendment 15 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 c (new)
Citation 20 c (new)
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA,
Amendment 25 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
- A. whereas the European Union has no consolidated definition of corruption, despite the fact that Article 83(1) TFEU recognises corruption as a criminal offence against Europe and numbers it among the particularly serious cross- border crimes;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas corruption is aspawns serious human rights violation, directly undermining the enjoyment of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, barring them from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas prevention is a priority focus of the fight against corruption and many EU Member States have therefore adopted rules and set up special bodies to prevent it effectively and hence to improve the quality of governance, institutions and the public sector;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas Member States play a key role in the prevention, detection, monitoring, implementation and enforcement of anti-corruption laws;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas fighting corruption is an integral part of the international commitments to fulfil human rights, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030tangibly, in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and particularly SDG 16 to promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, the perpetuation of kleptocracies, the undue enrichment of high-ranking officials, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelismkleptocracies and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies; whereas corrupt administrations are bound to act as a trigger for conflicts, especially in developing countries, and these lead to wholesale human rights violations;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas corruption undermines institutions, checks and balances and democratic principles, weakens the rule of law, corrodes public trust and impedes sustainable development, leading to the impunity of perpetrators, the illicit enrichment of those in power and power- grabbing to escape prosecution; whereas corruption destabilises peacebuilding efforts; whereas corruption is a key factor in boosting the illegal activities from which organised crime grows rich;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. wWhereas the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated corruption-related human rights abuses, as regions with higher levels of corruption face higher numbers of COVID-related deaths andit is being used by autocratic leaders to intensify their power; whereas the pandemic has become a fertile breeding ground for embezzlement and nepotism; whereas the most vulnerable communities are disproportionately hit; whereas corruption cripples states’ capacity to provide and fairly distribute public health services or vaccines; whereas many governments have misused COVID-19 related emergency powers to step up crackdowns on journalists, whistleblowers and civil society organisations (CSOs) working on exposing corruption;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the private sector and, in particular, banks can play a key role in detecting money laundering, terrorist financing and illegal activities linked to corruption; whereas it is vital to establish productive cooperation relations between state institutions and the private sector in order to fight corruption;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has requested the extension of its scope to include acts of corruption; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have also adopted similar anti- corruption sanctions regimes;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(- a) establish, on a consensual basis, an operational European definition of the word ‘corruption’;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) recognise the intrinsic link betweencurrent trend of the retreat of democracies and the rise of kleptocracies around the world; take a leading role in multinational forums to forge a coalition of democracies to push back against this global threat;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) advance efforts in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of originir owners; establish effective cooperation between Member States in order to seek out and prosecute those responsible for these crimes;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption and money laundering within the EU; recognise that systemic corruption in some EU Member States undermines anti-corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti-corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors outside of the EU;
Amendment 140 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) promote cooperation between the European Union, its Member States and third countries, especially at a judicial, police and informational level, in order to exchange best practices and effective instruments in the fight against corruption;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) continue mainstream a rights-based anti- corruption approach into EU external action in the programming of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) and the EU trust fundsing human rights as a key part of the tools used for EU external action; prioritise binding anti- corruption commitments with targets and timetables; strengthen monitoring and enforcement; improve communication between specialised EU agencies and partners on the ground; invest in digital and data-driven methods to fight corruption;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) promote enhanced cooperation between OLAF, which is responsible for establishing anti-fraud measures, and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which investigates, prosecutes and brings to justice the perpetrators of crimes against the financial interests of the European Union;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) in all EU-third country trade agreements, include a strong and mandatory human rights conditionality framework with anti-corruption clauses; as a last resort, impose sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruptionhuman rights framework with anti-corruption clauses;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) carry out rigorous monitoring of EU-funded projects in third countries and ensure that they are not used by their governments as instruments to finance illicit activities; establish audits to check that these funds are being used correctly; involve independent civil society organisations from those countries in monitoring the implementation of those funds; immediately suspend funding in cases where there is evidence of misuse;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) strengthen the focus on anti- corruption in human rights dialogues and public diplomacy; actively involve human rights defenders and independent civil society in stamping out these practices; ensure the technical training of members of EU delegations in how to address corruption issues and propose solutions and initiatives in the specific national contexts in which they operate;
Amendment 194 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen protection of whistleblowers and anti-corruption HRDs, including through temporary visa schemes;
Amendment 216 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) assume a leadership role in forging a coalition of democracieslead the fight to counter the global rise of kleptocracy; insist on including anti- corruption on the agenda of upcoming international summits such as the G7 or the Summit for Democracy proposed by United States President Biden; continue to proactively contribute to the work of international and regional forums to fight corruption and promote human rights;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) insist on the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on financial crime, corruption and human rights with a comprehensive mandate, including an objectives-oriented plan and a periodic evaluation of the anti-corruption measures taken by states; take the lead in mobilising support among Human Rights Council member states, and to become joint sponsors of a resolution that will bring about the proposed mandate; detail, in this, the requirements to be met by candidates for the post in order to ensure the proper performance of their mandate, and specifying the process of transparency and authorship to which the successful candidate will be subject before taking office;
Amendment 231 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) infacilitiate the procedurediscussion on the possibility for the EU to become full member of GRECO, in which the EU has held observer status since 2019;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac
Paragraph 1 – point ac
(ac) set up an EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HRDD) instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, and which includes strong anti-corruption provisions and obligatory grievance mechanisms; ensure that this instrument does not generate additional administrative burdens for SMEs;
Amendment 267 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)
Amendment 268 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point af b (new)
(af b) bear in mind that the sanctions under this mechanism are particularly relevant when it comes to discouraging magnates, corrupt officials, terrorists, criminals and dictators from conducting their illegal activities, which are covered by this mechanism; ensure that the restrictive measures applied under this regime hinge around banning those punished from entering the European Union, freezing the assets of the perpetrators of such crimes in the EU and prohibiting any person in the EU from making funds and other economic resources available to the perpetrators;
Amendment 269 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point af c (new)
(af c) call on the Member States to duly implement the sanctions, placing special emphasis on the identification and freezing of assets, in order to stop Europe becoming a money laundering centre;
Amendment 270 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point af d (new)
(af d) diligently monitor the implementation of sanctions by the Member States; take action against those Member States which do not properly implement these;
Amendment 271 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point af e (new)
(af e) step up cooperation with like- minded democracies to coordinate the joint adoption of concrete restrictive measures against illegal practices under this sanctions regime and thus maximise their effectiveness;
Amendment 286 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak
Paragraph 1 – point ak
(ak) protect environmental HRDs and land defenders, particularly women and indigenous HRD- particularly women and indigenous - environmental HRDs and land defenders and their lawyers, who face the greatest risk of harassment, intimidation and violence;
Amendment 288 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 11
Paragraph 1 – subheading 11
Gendered and other impacts of corruption
Amendment 290 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al
Paragraph 1 – point al
(al) note that corruption exacerbates gender inequality and affects the extent to which women’s rights are ensured and protected; promote gender mainstreaming in anti-corruption action, as recommended by the UNODC; take into consider that corruption impacts on other vulnerable groups such as children, people with disabilities, the elderly, economically vulnerable persons and persons belonging to minorities;
Amendment 293 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point al a (new)
(ala) take into account the potential connection between trafficking in human beings and corruption;
Amendment 1678 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16/23
Annex 1 – part 16/23
Add the following to the core network: - El Ferrol - A Coruña (rail freight / ≥ 200 km/h.) - El Ferrol - Lugo - Monforte (rail freight / ≥ 200 km/h.)
Amendment 1680 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16/23
Annex 1 – part 16/23
Add the following to the core network: - Zaragoza-Tardienta (freight rail)
Amendment 1682 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16/23
Annex 1 – part 16/23
Add the following to the core network: - Zaragoza-Lleida-Tarragona (freight/conventional)
Amendment 1688 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Add the following to the core network: - Orense- Santiago (passenger rail/ ≥ 200 km/h)
Amendment 1689 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16/23 and part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 16/23 and part 17/23
Add the following to the core network: - Santiago – Vigo (rail freight / ≥ 200 km/h) - Port of Bahía de Cádiz
Amendment 1690 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16/23 and part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 16/23 and part 17/23
Add the following to the comprehensive network: - Astorga – Zamora – Salamanca – Plasencia (passenger and freight rail / Conventional/New Constr.)
Amendment 1692 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16/23 and part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 16/23 and part 17/23
Add the following to the comprehensive network: - Granada – Motril (passenger and freight rail / Conventional / New Constr.)
Amendment 1701 #
2021/0420(COD)
Add the following to the core network: - Medina del Campo – Salamanca – Fuentes de Oñoro (passenger rail / ≥ 200 km/h) - Madrid – Adanero – Tordesillas – Benavente – Ponferrada – Lugo – A Coruña (Road) - Astorga – León – Carrión de los Condes – Burgos (Road) - Port of Bahía de Cádiz - Vigo - Porto (passenger rail/ ≥ 200 km/h)
Amendment 1702 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Add the following to the core network: - Vigo - Porto (passenger rail/ ≥ 200 km/h)
Amendment 1703 #
2021/0420(COD)
Add the following to the extended core network: - Sevilla – Huelva – Faro (passenger rail / ≥ 200 km/h / New Constr.) - Córdoba - Jaén – Granada (Conventional) - Madrid – Alcázar de San Juan – Jaén (Conventional) - Bilbao – Santander (passenger and freight rail / ≥ 200 km/h / New Constr.)
Amendment 1704 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Add the following to the comprehensive network: - Astorga – Zamora – Salamanca – Plasencia (rail freight / Conventional) - Aguilar de Campoo – Venta de Baños (Road) - Plasencia – Navalmoral de la Mata (Road) - Almería – Guadix (Road) - Cuenca – Tarancón – Ocaña (Road) - Soria – Aranda de Duero – Valladolid (Road)
Amendment 1705 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Annex 1 – part 17/23
Add the following to the core network: - Utrera- Granada- Almería (passenger and freight rail/ ≥ 200 km/h)
Amendment 1740 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Node name: Algeciras Rail road terminals: Core (San Roque)
Amendment 1742 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Node name: Cádiz Maritime port: Comprehensivre (Bahía de Cádiz)
Amendment 1743 #
2021/0420(COD)
Node name: Castellón Maritime port: Comprehensivre
Amendment 1745 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Node name: Ferrol Maritime port: Comprehensivre
Amendment 1747 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Node name: Gandía Maritime port: Comprehensive
Amendment 1750 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Node name: Santander Maritime port: Comprehensivre
Amendment 1752 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Annex 2 - table - section ES
Node name: Vigo Maritime port: Comprehensivre
Amendment 1754 #
2021/0420(COD)
Node name: Vilagarcía de Arousa Maritime port: Comprehensive
Amendment 1789 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 2/14
Annex 3 - part 2/14
Add the following to the Atlantic Corridor: - Madrid – Adanero – Tordesillas – Benavente – Ponferrada – Lugo – A Coruña (Road) - Astorga – León – Carrión de los Condes – Burgos (Road) - A Coruña – Gijón – Santander - Bilbao (Road) - Santiago – Vigo (Rail freight) - Bilbao – Santander (Rail passengers) - Port of Bahía de Cádiz - Sevilla – Huelva – Faro (Rail passengers)
Amendment 1810 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 10/14
Annex 3 - part 10/14
Add the following to the Mediterranean Corridor: - Maintain the route of the Mediterranean Corridor, including across Hungary
Amendment 1813 #
2021/0420(COD)
Add the following to the Mediterranean Corridor: - Córdoba - Jaén – Granada (Rail passengers) - Madrid – Alcázar de San Juan – Jaén (Rail passengers)
Amendment 8 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that globalisationone of the advantages of globalisation has been the development of the economic sector, which has created interdependencies between societies, where any product results fromich at times interlink through complex transnational supply and value chains and where decisions taken by Europeantransnational firms impact on peoples’ ability to enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that manysome businesses’ decisions are primarily guided by lower costs and higher profits with inadequate consideration of adverse impacts on human rights and the environment down their global value chains, while severe human rights violations often occur at primary production level, in particular when sourcing raw material and manufacturing products;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. RegretNotes that despite attempts by European companies are attempting to implement their corporate responsibility policies to respect human rights, and various polices and laws in place to encourage or require due diligence across different Member States, however only 37% of businesses are currently undertaking due diligence in their supply chains and only 16% cover the entire value chain; stresses that protection of human rights and prevention of business-related abuses and violations cannot be achieved with current policies and that binding Union legislation is necessary to bridge this gap;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that due diligence as required by Union legislation be extended to all potential or actual adverse impacts which the company has or may have caused, contributed to or with which it may be directly linked; this extends to, but is not limited to, abuses across the entire value chain, including the parent undertaking, all subsidiaries, direct and indirect suppliers and subcontractors or other business partners;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Council have stated that climate change has an adverse impact on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights; underlines that the member states of the United Nations have an obligation to respect human rights when addressing adverse impacts of climate change; points out that the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has confirmed that Articles 2 and 8 of the ECHR impose a positive obligation for State Parties to take appropriate measures to prevent dangerous climate change; insists that climate change mitigation and adaptation in line with the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals must form part of multinational businesses’ human rights and environmental due diligence obligations under the legislation;
Amendment 116 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that some corporations unlawfully exploit natural resources, which not only constitutes a major sustainability and environmental challenge but also results in severe adverse impacts on the social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of local communities; such business practices violate the fundamental right of peoples to self-determination and the principle of permanent sovereignty, access and control over their natural resources, enshrined in UN General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII); recommends that the legislation requires Member States to regulate businesses’ activity in compliance with their commitment to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, including the fundamental principles of equality, non-discrimination and self- determination of peoples;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Insists that access to evidence and time limitations can be major practical and procedural barriers faced by victims of human rights abuses in third countries, obstructing their access to effective legal remedies; stresses that that the burden of proof should be shifted from the victims to the company and that the legislation must require companies to disclose all necessary information for interested parties to engage in judicial proceedings and for victims to access remedies;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 12 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 24 November 2020 entitled ‘Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion’ (COM(2020)0758),
Amendment 13 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020) 4 final),
Amendment 14 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 b (new)
Citation 26 b (new)
- having regard to the Malta Declaration of 3 February 2017 by the members of the European Council on the external aspects of migration,
Amendment 15 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 c (new)
Citation 26 c (new)
- having regard to the Statement by the co-presidency of the 5th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean held on 27 November 2020,
Amendment 20 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
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, and refugees represents a source of progress and collective pride for humanity; whereas migrants remain, however, among the most vulnerable 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 for the European Union migration has been and will continue to be one of its defining intergenerational challenges and opportunities; whereas Member States whose geographical location places them on the front line are bearing a disproportionate share of the burden; whereas Europe has had to deal with the rise in the numbers of asylum seekers since the migration crisis peaked in 2015; 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, has a particular duty to respect, protect and promote the rights of migrants, notably in its external dealings;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 36 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas migration routes are often exploited by criminal organisations and human trafficking networks and whereas, in order to disrupt the business model of traffickers and thus prevent the tragic loss of lives, the incentives that push illegal migrants to embark on dangerous crossings must be eradicated;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Canary Islands (Spain) are an external EU border facing the coasts of a key region for EU external action;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas more than 20 000 migrants arrived by sea in the Canary Islands (Spain) throughout 2020, a rise of 1019% compared to the previous year;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in its communication on the new Pact on Migration and Asylum of 23 September 2020, the Commission reiterated that the internal and external dimensions of migration are inextricably linked and that working in close collaboration with third countries is essential, therefore, in order to address valuable objectives for both sides, such as the root causes of illegal migration, combating migrant smuggling, helping refugees residing in third countries and supporting well-managed legal migration; whereas it emphasised, furthermore, that in the framework of these comprehensive partnerships with third countries migration should be built in as a core issue and linked to other policies, such as those relating to development cooperation, security, visas, trade, agriculture, investment and employment, energy, environment and climate change and education;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Union's approach to migration is focused above all on establishing agreements with third countries in territories adjoining the European continent; whereas an increasingly large proportion of asylum seekers come from visa-exempt countries (27% of first-time applicants in 2019) and from Latin America in particular, specifically the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas effective readmission of illegal migrants is a basic pillar of the new pact on migration and asylum presented by the Commission and should constitute an important element of the external dimension of the Union's migration policy;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020- 2024 commits the EU and its Member States tolays down lines of ambition and priorities, including the protection of individuals and the elimination of inequalities, discrimination and exclusion, specifically ‘advocateing for the specific protection to which migrants, refugees, and internally displaced and stateless persons are entitled’; whereas with this Action Plan commits the EU to ‘will promoting e ‘non- discriminatory access to social services, including quality and affordable healthcare and education (also online), and build[ing] practitioners’ capacity to respond to the specific needs of (...) migrants [and] refugees’ and to ‘support[ing] a human rights- based approach to migration governance and strengthen[ing] the capacity of states, civil society and UN partners to implement this approach’;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that Member States need to ensure that the Union's external borders are properly controlled, with the aim of preventing illegal entry thereto, combating human trafficking and preventing lives being lost at sea; reiterates that, to achieve this, Member States have to be able to count on Union financial and material aid;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 73 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that fair burden-sharing in the management of migration flows is a prerequisite for any truly European migration and asylum policy; reiterates that frontline Member States alone cannot deal with the migratory pressure on the entire European Union; points out that, according to the European Asylum Support Office, most asylum applications are dealt with by only five Member States;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that the external dimension must be a key element of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum; stresses the importance of increased cooperation between the Union and, in particular, the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood, in order to address the limitation of irregular migration flows, to combat trafficking in human beings and people smugglers and to guarantee migrants' human rights; urges the EU institutions and the Member States, to that end, to step up their relations with the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood through frequent political contacts, including in the framework of fora such as the Union for the Mediterranean;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned about the rapid growth of unaccompanied migrant minors, whose presence has multiplied in recent years in some EU countries, which shows that criminal networks have found in them one of the main channels for their criminal activity;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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; 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; calls on the Commission to review the EU's migration policy on an annual basis;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates that for the Union's migration policy to function properly and be sustainable, it should combine increased external cooperation with the countries of origin and transit with a substantial increase in the numbers of irregular migrants who are genuinely readmitted;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the increased role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in practical and operational cooperation with third countries, including on return and readmission, provision of training, operational and technical assistance to authorities of third countries for the purpose of border management and border control, carrying out operations or joint operations at the EU’s external borders or in the territories of third countries, and deploying liaison officers and operational staff in third countries; calls for an assessment of the needs of the Agency on a regular basis to ensure its optimal functioning and to strengthen its capacities where necessary;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Is deeply concerned about the mass influx of irregular migrants and vessels along the coasts of the Canary Islands; urges the EU institutions and the Member States to react quickly to these developments and to increase the technical and financial resources for protecting the Union's external border in the Canary Islands; urges in particular the European Asylum Support Office and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to step up their efforts to tackle the migration crisis in the Canary Islands;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that Regulation (EU) 2019/1240 on the creation of a European network of immigration liaison officers should further improve the capacity of the European Union to coordinate, cooperate and exchange information among immigration liaison officers deployed in third countries, the Commission and EU agencies, in order to respond more effectively to the Union's priorities in the field of migration, namely to prevent and combat illegal migration, to facilitate returns and to manage legal migration;
Amendment 155 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights the key role of Europol in the fight against people smuggling; calls for the strengthening of the capacities of Europol's European Migrant Smuggling Centre, which provides support, cooperation and exchanges of information to third countries, in order to eradicate this transnational criminal practice;
Amendment 156 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Points out that the fight against people smuggling is a common challenge that requires cooperation and coordination with third countries in order to anticipate this phenomenon and that the ministerial conference between the EU and African partners in July 2020 confirmed the mutual determination to address this problem; stresses that the new EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling will promote cooperation between the EU and third countries through targeted partnerships to counter migrant smuggling, as part of broader partnerships with key third countries;
Amendment 157 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Is of the view that further assistance should be provided to countries in the Maghreb and Sahel regions to enable them to cope with the influx of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and to combat trafficking in human beings and people smuggling; stresses in this regard the need to strengthen judicial and police cooperation with those countries in order to identify and dismantle organised crime networks; draws attention, furthermore, to the need to build up the capacities of those countries so that they can pursue and sanction those responsible in an effective manner; calls, therefore, for cooperation between the European Union, the Member States, Europol, Eurojust, Frontex and the third countries concerned to be encouraged; reaffirms that measures taken against human trafficking should not adversely affect the rights of victims of trafficking, migrants, refugees and persons in need of international protection;
Amendment 167 #
2020/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with concern the increasing recourse since 2016 to enhanced conditionality betweeReiterates that according to Article 208 TFEU the primary objective of Union development cooperation and migrapolicy must be the reduction management, including return and readmission; stresses, however, that according to Article 208 TFEU the primary objective of Union development cooperation policy shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that policies on development cooperation do not contravene the principles enshrined in Article 208 TFEU; stresses that the use of development cooperation as an incentive for migration management undermines meaningful action on the needs of people in developing countries, the rights of refugees and migrants, and their potential impact on regional migration patterns and contribution to local economies, and thus also undermines a wide range of rights stemming from the Sustainable Development Goalsd, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, without excluding other joint objectives such as climate and environmental action, economic and trade policies and migration management, and full and unconditional respect for the principles of fundamental human rights, democracy and good governance; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that policies on development cooperation do not contravene the principles enshrined in Article 208 TFEU; calls on it also to ensure that cooperation under these policies should be based on the 'more for more' principle, concluding that any unwillingness to achieve comparable standards of human rights protection should lead to a reduction in EU support, without affecting humanitarian aid;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the world has entered a new era of ‘unpeace’, characterised by great geopolitical competition involving ‘semi-conflicts’, which happen away from the public eye, but have significant implications for EU and global security;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas at the same time, the global order is increasingly confronted with policy issues and challenges that require meaningful action at international level, including effective global policy dialogue and convergence of positions in order to devise real solutions and common agreed upon standards that can deliver effectively in the interest of all;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas multilateralism is in crisis, resulting in part from the emergence of new actors on the global stage and hybrid threats from them, the tensions derived from the nature of multilateral institutions, the growing gap between public opinion and institutions, the decline of traditionally dominant geopolitical powers and the subsequent decline of global freedoms and democracy; whereas we are on the cusp of a new era that threatens to undermine more than seventy years of progress and relative peace and consolidate an era of strongman politics striving to undermine the rule of law, responsibility and diversity; whereas the combination of national populist impulses, divergent and changing objectives and a lack of application and accountability methods is forcing the multilateral system to face three connected crises: a crisis of power, of relevance and of legitimacy;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the climate emergency and the COVID-19 pandemic have shown the global importance and policy primacy of global public goods, such as, inter alia, access to food, water, health, clean air, education, technology and cyberspace in an inclusive fashion; whereas access to global public goods and policy responses seeking to standardise and expand such access across countries and communities requires global cooperation on objectives, minimum standards and active support for the most vulnerable countries and communities; whereas this requires an effective multilateral agenda focused on global public goods and governance structures that reinforce access to such goods; whereas effective policy dialogue, cooperation and delivery on access to global public goods cannot be decoupled from the promotion and protection of fundamental rights;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the increasing positions of strength by illiberal third countrieprominence by third countries that are illiberal or governed by authoritarians in multilateral fora and international organisations, including through a strong presence as regards the management and decision-making processes of relevant international organisations and multilateral fora, can lead to asymmetric and less effective, if not biased,poor policy responses, absent the level playing field for all members of the international community, and to a much weaker commitment by the international community to the defence of universal values and universal rights; whereas individual agendas, unilateral actions and a lack of engagement and support for multilateral solutions can further undermine multilateralism as an essential organising principle to tackle transnational challenges; whereas, in this context, it is essential to reaffirm the value of rules-based governance, international cooperation, a commitment to fundamental rights and a true level playing field for all members of the international community; whereas relevant international organisations and multilateral fora will be key to achieving these objectives; whereas these objectives will not only allow a more effective positive policy impact on global challenges, but will also curb and prevent the risk of conflict;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the UN Secretary- General’s report entitled ‘Our Common Agenda’, which was presented to the UN General Assembly in September 2021 and drafted through a wide-ranging consultation process including UN member states, thought leaders, young people, civil society, relevant stakeholders and citizens, as well as the UN system and its many partners, attests to the need for a more effective, inclusive and networked multilateralism for the future; whereas this will be essential for the UN system and other multilateral fora in order to continue being an effective venue for global consultation and decision-making; whereas, in this context, the EU is uniquely positioned to support the UN and other relevant international organisations in pursuing a process of reform and in revitalising their delivery capacity and their ability to connect to relevant stakeholders, such as young people or the communities most impacted by climate change; whereas in doing so the EU should seize the opportunity to engagtake constructively and effectively with rival powers, while maintaining a firm stance a global leadership role, working with rival powers, and exporting a strong social and political model rooted in European life values based on fundamental rights and pursuing closer cooperation with like-minded countries to reinforce the primacy of universal values and fundamental rights and to advance effective solutions to global challenges; whereas parliamentary diplomacy will be a key component of reinforcing rules-based, inclusive, networked and effective multilateralism;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the new ‘Global Europe – Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument’ (Global Europe financial instrument), combined with the ‘Team Europe’ approach confers on the EU and its Member States an ability to pull resources together in a synergic way and to better coordinate assistance and create positive impact in the external action of the EU; whereas the EU should give priority to providing that aid to countries with a record of good governance and commitment to democratic principles and human rights, whereas the new Global Europe financial instrument provides for high-level political dialogue between the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Parliament on programming priorities with the opportunity for Parliament to reconnect this policy and programming dialogue to its political outreach and consultations with third countries, thus reinforcing, through its parliamentary diplomacy activities and outreach, the ability of the EU to assist and positively impact relevant third countries;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas if the EU is to speak with one voice, substantial change must be made to the decision-making process for foreign affairs, whereas unanimous decision-making only hinders the EU's ability to engage as a strong player on the international stage, whereas the External Action Service and the Member States should agree to qualified majority voting on foreign policy matters, as it is a more effective form of decision-making;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the EU should identify the UN bodies and other multilateral organisations that are key to promoting policy dialogue, convergence and policy solutions to global challenges and standard setting and should define clear objectives and clear priorities for dialogue with and support, including budgetary support, to such bodies and organisations; recalls, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States are already the leading donors to the UN and many of its agencies and programmes, but that this commitment to and support for the UN does not always translate into a stronger presence by the EU and its Member States in key UN agency positions; calls on the EU and its Member States to further improve their coordination when it comes to establishing joint support for candidacies for leadership positions in multilateral fora; points to the positive potential of also enhancing this coordination with like- minded partners in other world regions and looking at the importance of the principle of the equitable geographical distribution of leadership positions;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Praises the ability of the EU and its Member States to work in a coherent and synergic fashion and to present unified positions in the UN system, with particular regard to the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council and UN Human Rights Council; praises, in this regard, the valuable coordination efforts by the EU delegations to the UN in New York and Geneva; believes that this unified, synergic approach should be replicated for every UN body, agency or other international organisation, so that the EU can act and deliver as one across the board in multilateral fora; laments that the Security Council is not as reactive to crises like the ones in Syria, Ethiopia and Sudan as it has been to other crises in the past and that this has had a negative impact on preventing, managing and resolving these crises; points todeplores the fact that in 2022, only two EU Member States will be on the Security Council; considers that the EU should promote reflecting on the terms of a reform of the Security Council that can restore its ability to address crises in a timely and effective manner, thoroughly limit the right to veto and change the composition of the Security Council to reflect today’s world better; reiterates its view, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States should find a broad consensus on reforming the Security Council, inter alia, through the provision of a permanent seat for the EU, in addition to the already existing seats held by EU Member States;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the new Global Europe financial instrument and the ‘Team Europe’ approach to geographic and thematic assistance and programming provide a unique opportunity to define a common inter-institutional agenda that duly reflects and values the contributions of the EU Member States and reinforces the leveraging ability of the EU and its Member States; warns that the quest by some authoritarian regimes and illiberal countries to attain and consolidate leverage through financing international organisations raises the issue of financial antagonism in multilateral fora and prompts the need for a reflection at EU level on how to secure the independence and effectiveness of relevant international organisations and multilateral fora through adequate EU funding; recalls that EU humanitarian aid and development assistance to third countries is very often channelled through the UN system; supports this partnership between the EU and the UN, but calls on the EU to ensure that the UN gives more visibility to the EU’s specific role and contributions; underlines, in this regard, the importance of carrying out, at EU level, an in-depth evaluation of both existing and envisaged EU-UN partnerships to assess whether there is adequate visibility for the EU’s contribution and whether the leadership roles conferred on the EU and its Member States are commensurate with the EU’s strong commitment and dedication to the UN system; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to carry out this review and to confer with Parliament on their findings and on the way forward to ensure that adequate value is given to the EU’s contributions to the UN system;
Amendment 181 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of continuing to reach out to allies and like- minded partners in international organisations and multilateral fora to consolidate a coalition of like-minded countries committed to common values and objectives and to policy dialogue and effective cooperation globally; points, in this regard, to the particular relevance, not only of traditional transatlantic partners such as the US and Canada, as well as the UK, but also to countries in Latin America; recalls that the EU, the UK, the US, Canada and the countries of Latin America can create, in partnership together, a broader transatlantic area of common values and standards and a commitment to advancing global responses to global challenges; underlines, in this regard, that this broad transatlantic coalition could expand dialogue and cooperation to African countries and support the latter in their quest for political and economic stability; notes that cooperation between the EU and its northern and southern Atlantic partners would empower the political voices that want to build a future for Africa premised on democracy, inclusion and prosperity, while being mindful of the need to protect the African continent from the ravages and security threats stemming from climate change, terrorism and organised crime; supports, in this regard, efforts by the VP/HR, the Council and the Commission to further strengthen the EU’s partnership with the African Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States; points to the importance of furthering a convergence of positions at the UN and other multilateral fora between the EU and both accession and partner countries; calls on the EU to expand its ability to assist partner and like-minded countries, including through capacity building, knowledge-sharing, training and twinning, so that they can engage more effectively in the multilateral system; reiterates the importance of reinforcing the existing multilateral fora with like-minded partners, especially the EU-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summits;
Amendment 192 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the EU’s tireless advocacy for and defence of universal human rights, its staunch support for the universalisation of international human rights law, its active support to and use of UN human rights fora to address pressing human rights issues, its steadfast support for strengthening accountability and international justice mechanisms and its fight against impunity; supports the VP/HR and the Commission in their quest to ensure that the UN Human Rights Council acts more efficiently and credibly, raising the EU’s disagreement with the process for selecting rotating members, which has led to a number of authoritarian regimes and illiberal governments holding a seat on the Council for several consecutive terms, addresses all human rights issues and country situations effectively, credibly and without bias and ensures synergies with other multilateral human rights fora; pays tribute to the work of the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and takes the view that her tenure provides a unique opportunity to engage on effective dialogue and cooperation on how to streamline and reinforce the delivery capacity of the UN human rights system, including through increased public scrutiny of Human Rights Council membership, responsibilities and mandatory pledging events at the UN General Assembly with candidates to the Human Rights Council, as proposed by the VP/HR and the Commission in their joint communication; welcomes the launch on 12 October 2021 of an annual strategic dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; welcomes the EU’s initiatives and activities pertaining to human rights in the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee and the UN Security Council, as well as the cooperation between the EU and the UN on multiple thematic and country-based human rights issues;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the key role of multilateral fora in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights this as an example of their importance in promoting and protecting global public health; celebrates the development of the Covax initiative, which constitutes an unprecedented exercise of international solidarity, and thanks its donors and contributors, while stressing the need to continue donating and increasing resources in order to makeensure that vaccines and treatments available for free to all countriesctually reach all countries and in a timely manner; commends the work of the World Health Organization in combating the pandemic through its decisions based on scientific knowledge and evidence and stresses the need to enhance its mandate and executive capacity, especially with regard to data sharing and resource mobilisation, as well as reform the decision-making process of its Emergency Committee and establish enforcement mechanisms for its decisions and precepts;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Union acts as a guarantor of young children’s rights; whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights promotes and safeguards children’s rights; whereas in some Member States, such as Spain, certain actions relating to the management of centres for minors undermine this guarantee;
Amendment 577 #
Amendment 599 #
2019/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Strongly condemns the abuses perpetuated in detention centres for children in Spain, where the lack of oversight by those managing the system has led to cases of children being forced into sexual exploitation networks, and calls on the EU institutions to take the appropriate measures to put an end to this.
Amendment 14 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges Viet Nam’s efforts to undertake an ambitious reform agenda, notably on the environmental and labour rights of the sustainable development chapter of the FTA; welcomes the ratification of six out of eight core ILO Conventions, namely No. 29 on forced labour, Nos. 100 and 111 on non- discrimination, Nos. 138 and 182 on child labour and most recently No. 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining; calls onurges the Vietnamese Government to quickly ratify the outstanding Conventions;
Amendment 26 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Remains concerned about human rights violations, including the application of the death penalty in Viet Nam; calls on Viet Nam to introduce a moratorium and move towards abolition; highlights that human rights constitute a cornerstone of the trade and sustainable development chapter of the FTA; calls for periodica yearly evaluation of the impact of the agreement;
Amendment 52 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to step up technical assistance to Viet Nam and available funding to Viet Nam andfor the sound development of its independent civil society in order to support Viet Nam’s compliance with its international human rights obligations and the monitoring of the proper implementation of Article 13 of the FTA.