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Activities of Susanna CECCARDI

Plenary speeches (71)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2019/07/15
Situation at the USA-Mexican border
2019/07/18
Dossiers: 2019/2733(RSP)
The danger of violent right-wing extremism (in the light of the recent events in Halle, Germany) (debate)
2019/10/21
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2019/10/21
The Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences (debate)
2019/10/23
Dossiers: 2019/2886(RSP)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2019/12/16
Situation in Libya (debate)
2020/01/14
Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks
2020/01/16
Dossiers: 2020/2503(RSP)
Fighting against antisemitism, racism and hatred across Europe (debate)
2020/02/11
The Anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd (debate)
2020/06/17
Inauguration of the new President of the United States and the current political situation (debate)
2021/01/20
Human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience
2021/01/21
Dossiers: 2021/2506(RSP)
Democratic scrutiny of social media and the protection of fundamental rights (debate)
2021/02/10
Situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage
2021/03/11
Dossiers: 2021/2577(RSP)
Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention (debate)
2021/03/25
Russia, the case of Alexei Navalny, military build-up on Ukraine's border and Russian attack in the Czech Republic (debate)
2021/04/28
Dossiers: 2021/2642(RSP)
Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy (debate)
2021/05/18
Dossiers: 2020/2116(INI)
Systematic repression in Belarus and its consequences for European security following abductions from an EU civilian plane intercepted by the Belarusian authorities (debate)
2021/06/08
Dossiers: 2021/2741(RSP)
Breach of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and the use of minors by the Moroccan authorities in the migratory crisis in Ceuta
2021/06/10
Dossiers: 2021/2747(RSP)
Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)
2021/07/07
Situation in Afghanistan (debate)
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2877(RSP)
Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)
2021/10/05
Dossiers: 2020/2045(INI)
2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (debate)
2021/10/21
Dossiers: 2020/2167(DEC)
The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)
2021/11/10
The European Commission Guidelines on inclusive language (topical debate)
2021/12/15
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
2021/12/16
Dossiers: 2021/3019(RSP)
The death penalty in Iran
2022/02/17
Dossiers: 2022/2541(RSP)
The death penalty in Iran
2022/02/17
Dossiers: 2022/2541(RSP)
The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
2022/03/10
Dossiers: 2022/2580(RSP)
Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
2022/03/10
Dossiers: 2022/2582(RSP)
Human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2620(RSP)
The situation of marginalised Roma communities in the EU (debate)
2022/04/07
The situation of marginalised Roma communities in the EU (debate)
2022/04/07
Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)
2022/05/03
State of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation (debate)
2022/05/05
Dossiers: 2022/2651(RSP)
2021 Report on Serbia (debate)
2022/07/05
Dossiers: 2021/2249(INI)
Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez
2022/09/14
Dossiers: 2022/2827(RSP)
State of the SME Union (debate)
2022/09/15
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)
2022/10/04
Dossiers: 2022/2013(INI)
Situation of Roma people living in settlements in the EU (debate)
2022/10/04
Dossiers: 2022/2662(RSP)
Continued internal border controls in the Schengen area in light of the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (C-368/20) (debate)
2022/10/18
Racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism in the EU (debate)
2022/11/10
Dossiers: 2022/2005(INI)
Situation in Libya (debate)
2022/11/22
Dossiers: 2021/2064(INI)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)
2023/01/17
Dossiers: 2022/2048(INI)
The EU’s response to the appalling attack against civilians in Dnipro : strengthening sanctions against the Putin regime and military support to Ukraine (debate)
2023/01/17
Criminalisation of humanitarian assistance, including search and rescue (debate)
2023/01/18
Criminalisation of humanitarian assistance, including search and rescue (debate)
2023/01/18
Criminalisation of humanitarian assistance, including search and rescue (debate)
2023/01/18
One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)
2023/02/15
Combating organised crime in the EU (debate)
2023/03/15
Combating discrimination in the EU - the long-awaited horizontal anti-discrimination directive (debate)
2023/03/15
Dossiers: 2023/2582(RSP)
The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)
2023/04/18
The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)
2023/04/18
IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)
2023/04/20
IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)
2023/04/20
Update of the anti-corruption legislative framework (debate)
2023/05/10
Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)
2023/05/31
Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)
2023/07/11
Dossiers: 2021/2207(INI)
Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments (debate)
2023/07/12
2022 Report on Türkiye (debate)
2023/09/12
Dossiers: 2022/2205(INI)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
2023/10/02
Medicine shortages and strategic healthcare autonomy in the EU (debate)
2023/10/03
Question Time with Commissioners – EU-China trade relations
2023/10/03
Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)
2023/10/04
The spread of ‘anti-LGBTIQ’ propaganda bills by populist parties and governments in Europe (debate)
2023/10/04
Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials
2023/10/04
Islamist terrorist attack on French schools and the need to protect people and promote social cohesion (debate)
2023/10/18
Order of business
2023/11/08
Packaging and packaging waste (debate)
2023/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/0396(COD)
International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)
2023/11/23
The European Elections 2024 (debate)
2023/12/11
Dossiers: 2023/2016(INI)

Shadow reports (5)

RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/0310(NLE)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(48 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Michael GAHLER', 'mepid': 2341}]
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union and its Member States of the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2020/0024(NLE)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(53 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karol KARSKI', 'mepid': 124887}]
REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2021
2021/12/20
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2021/2182(INI)
Documents: PDF(260 KB) DOC(105 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'David McALLISTER', 'mepid': 124806}]
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Libya
2022/10/18
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2021/2064(INI)
Documents: PDF(186 KB) DOC(70 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Giuliano PISAPIA', 'mepid': 197590}]
REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2022
2022/12/09
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2022/2048(INI)
Documents: PDF(287 KB) DOC(108 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'David McALLISTER', 'mepid': 124806}]

Institutional motions (20)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the USA-Mexican border
2019/07/15
Dossiers: 2019/2733(RSP)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the PRC national security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy
2020/06/10
Dossiers: 2020/2665(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, the case of Dawit Isaak
2020/10/05
Dossiers: 2020/2813(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks
2020/11/18
Dossiers: 2020/2844(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2021/2506(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2021/2505(RSP)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
2021/01/20
Dossiers: 2021/2505(RSP)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage
2021/03/08
Dossiers: 2021/2577(RSP)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan
2021/09/13
Dossiers: 2021/2877(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(48 KB)
PROPOSITION DE RÉSOLUTION sur le cas du défenseur des droits de l’homme Ahmed Mansour aux Emirats Arabes Unis
2021/09/13
Dossiers: 2021/2873(RSP)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Lebanon
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2878(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong
2022/01/19
Dossiers: 2022/2503(RSP)
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty in Iran
2022/02/14
Dossiers: 2022/2541(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty in Iran
2022/02/16
Dossiers: 2022/2541(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the follow-up to the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2648(RSP)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Osman Kavala in Turkey
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2656(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties
2022/06/06
Dossiers: 2022/2705(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez
2022/09/12
Dossiers: 2022/2827(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2849(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza
2023/10/16
Dossiers: 2023/2899(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(49 KB)

Written questions (159)

Establishment by the Commission of a Dante Day
2019/08/20
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Erasmus bus tragedy, families awaiting the truth
2019/08/20
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Israeli flags banned at the stadium
2019/08/20
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Uncontrolled proliferation of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) affecting crops in northern Italy
2019/09/17
Documents: PDF(51 KB) DOC(20 KB)
Statue of Gabriele d'Annunzio in Trieste and Commission support for this cultural initiative
2019/09/17
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Migrant relocation programme: measures to ensure that it is implemented consistently and fairly with regard to Italy
2019/09/18
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(18 KB)
VP/HR - Recent events in Hong Kong
2019/09/18
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(16 KB)
Commission condemnation of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia and action taken vis-à-vis supporters of the attacks
2019/09/19
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Spread of Xylella fastidiosa
2019/10/02
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
EU auditing and screening procedures for the allocation of funding to associations taking action against Israel
2019/10/02
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
MEPs on the Board of the European Endowment for Democracy: criteria for their appointment and remuneration
2019/10/03
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Continued illegal drilling by Turkey off Cyprus: need for the European Union to take action against these provocations
2019/10/08
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Turkey's advance in Syria: what action will the Commission take to ward off the migration fall-out and escape of imprisoned terrorists?
2019/10/09
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Need for Commission inquiry and scrutiny regarding the arrest of three migrants on disembarkation from Sea Watch 3
2019/10/10
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Turkish offensive into north-east Syria, possible restrictive EU measures
2019/10/14
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
The need for an intervention to manage the refugee crisis
2019/10/25
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Inquiry into war crimes committed during recent fighting in Syria
2019/11/08
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Escaped Islamist terrorists in Syria and the risk that Islamic State may be able to re-establish itself
2019/11/12
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Details regarding the works at the European Medicines Agency
2019/11/13
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Disastrous flooding in Venice: urgent EU action required through deployment of the European Solidarity Fund and special funds
2019/11/21
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Iran failing to comply with the agreement on uranium – Commission position
2019/11/26
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
EU investigation into the acquisition of British Steel by the Chinese steel maker Jingye
2019/11/27
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Repression in Iran
2019/12/05
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Request for clarification on the dynamics of the shipping accident in the Black Sea and on the methods used to transport the animals which died
2019/12/09
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Traffic-light labelling penalises products from the Mediterranean diet: what measures does the Commission propose in order to support healthy foods?
2019/12/18
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Amendment of the annexes to the Wild Birds Directive with regard to hunting of starlings
2020/02/05
Documents: PDF(38 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Chinese spy alert in Brussels and the EU institutions
2020/02/12
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(10 KB)
EU commitment to remembering the Vajont disaster
2020/02/19
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Cyclamate in food poses a danger to our health
2020/02/19
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Health security and the prevention of the spread of Covid-19 in Africa
2020/02/19
Documents: PDF(37 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Clarification by the EU of links between Qatar and certain terrorist groups
2020/02/20
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(9 KB)
The Commission’s competence in regard to the ban on lead in ammunition for hunting and shooting sports
2020/03/04
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Call for the EU to support the Italian horticultural sector
2020/03/18
Documents: PDF(38 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Risks of the health silk road
2020/03/23
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Request for Commission intervention in the revision of the Annexes to the Habitat Directive in order to address the problem of large predators.
2020/03/23
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Coronavirus, NATO field hospital in Luxembourg: the EU should support countries like Italy where the emergency is greater
2020/03/24
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
European Union and transparency of Chinese information
2020/03/27
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Coronavirus outbreak: Commission investigation into lab-based virus research methods
2020/03/30
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Japonica rice from non-EU countries pose a threat to Italian production – the Commission should adopt the safeguard clause
2020/03/31
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Call for clarification from the Commission on the resignation of the director of the European Research Council, aggrieved by the lack of response to Coronavirus
2020/04/08
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Migrants landing in Sicily
2020/04/14
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Coronavirus app: need for the Commission to safeguard the privacy of citizens, and storage of sensitive data
2020/04/20
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Call for the Commission to protect the European tourism sector so that some countries are not penalised compared to others
2020/04/28
Documents: PDF(38 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Political influence on government members of the NADEG technical group regarding the proposed lead shot ban over wetlands under REACH.
2020/05/08
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Need for action by the Commission to combat the spread of pests in pine forests along the Tuscan coast
2020/05/29
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Commission intervention to protect and support pine-nut production
2020/06/15
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Exploitation of child labour in Pakistan
2020/06/18
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Call for Europe not to block safe products from the circular economy in Prato
2020/07/22
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
EU verification of the procedure to provide olive oil to the most deprived persons
2020/10/07
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
European funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology
2020/10/21
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(11 KB)
Child exploitation in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2020/10/26
Documents: PDF(47 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Turkey is attacking Kurds and training jihadists for war in Artsakh
2020/10/29
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Request for action to address the problem of the hybridisation of wolves and domestic dogs in the Member States
2020/11/09
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Inclusion of Grey Wolves on EU terrorist list
2020/11/10
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Europe’s role in the detention of Sicilian fishermen by the Libyan authorities
2020/11/10
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(9 KB)
The detention of Nasibe Semsai and Turkey’s migration policies towards totalitarian regimes
2020/11/19
Documents: PDF(47 KB) DOC(11 KB)
Closure of skiing facilities: Commission support for the skiing sector
2020/11/25
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Commission intervention to combat the spread of Vespa velutina in Europe
2020/12/03
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Concessions of state-owned property regarding beaches and beach facilities – call on the Commission to withdraw its infringement proceedings against Italy
2020/12/08
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Call for the Commission to shed light on the obscure matter of the out-of-date Italian pandemic plan
2020/12/08
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Immediate release of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
2020/12/08
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Germany is disregarding EU vaccine arrangements – call on the Commission to clarify the matter
2021/01/03
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
EU contribution to specific policies in support of the birth rate in Italy
2021/01/05
Documents: PDF(47 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Turkey and the European Union
2021/01/15
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Further restrictions on the free movement of commercial vehicles in transit through Austria and Germany
2021/02/18
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
EU COVID-19 risk management compensation fund
2021/03/19
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
EU-Turkey meeting in Ankara
2021/04/07
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Commission must compensate Tuscan farmers for the losses suffered as a result of the frost wave
2021/04/13
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Commission support for the extradition of the murderers of Niccolò Ciatti
2021/04/14
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
New post for Carles Esteva Mosso, in light of the sliding doors phenomenon
2021/04/15
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Treatment of Italian nationals in the Republic of Ireland returning from abroad
2021/04/27
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Divestment of Toscana Aeroporti Handling: call on the Commission to support and protect the workers affected by the employment crisis
2021/04/29
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council
2021/05/01
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Turkey's request to take part in a PESCO military mobility project
2021/05/26
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Request for an opinion on the adoption of measures to directly deter large carnivores
2021/05/27
Documents: PDF(38 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Sodium nitrite
2021/06/16
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Subject: the Commission’s role in safeguarding personal freedom and ensuring sensible use of the Green pass
2021/07/14
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Situation in Afghanistan and threats to Europe
2021/08/20
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Omission in the Italian-language publication of Regulation (EU) 2021/953 regarding the ban on discriminating against people who do not have a ‘green pass’
2021/08/24
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Taliban’s request to Turkey to help manage the situation at Kabul airport
2021/08/27
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Teak imports from Myanmar and EU restrictions on the yachting industry
2021/09/07
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Désir d’enfant
2021/09/16
Documents: PDF(55 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Letter of formal notice sent to Italy on account of the award of the Livorno-Civitavecchia motorway concession without competitive tendering
2021/09/25
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Soaring bills and EU policies to stabilise energy costs
2021/10/11
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Calling on the Commission to condemn the crackdown on the anti-’green pass’ protest in Trieste
2021/10/19
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Climate change mitigation policies creating a breeding ground for terrorism
2021/10/26
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Islamism and the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating the European Parliament
2021/10/27
Documents: PDF(51 KB) DOC(11 KB)
REACT-EU programme and funding for research to reduce the costs of beef cultivation
2021/10/29
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
‘Men Having Babies’ surrogacy conference
2021/11/10
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Commission communication guidelines
2021/11/30
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Call to change the rules of the automotive sector
2021/12/01
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Transgender Virgin Mary – call for the Commission to clarify a German influencer’s appointment and role as EU ambassador
2021/12/09
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(10 KB)
20 years of China at the WTO and energy transition risks
2021/12/09
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Increased energy costs
2021/12/22
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Disability and unemployment
2022/01/07
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
COVID – trial in Switzerland of experimental vaccine administered via a patch
2022/01/10
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Russo-Ukrainian conflict
2022/01/13
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Regulation of the space sector
2022/01/13
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Case of the Rt Hon. Ms Päivi Räsänen and fundamental freedoms
2022/01/25
Documents: PDF(43 KB) DOC(10 KB)
The European Union condemns Houthi terrorist attacks and speaks out against those behind instability in the Middle East
2022/01/26
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Murder of Davide Giri: Europe remembers a European citizen killed on grounds of race in the US
2022/01/26
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Training the Libyan coastguard saves lives: increase in EU funding for maritime policing projects
2022/01/27
Documents: PDF(39 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Request for information to protect and promote the agri-food sector
2022/01/27
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(10 KB)
The case of the journalist Sedef Kabas
2022/01/31
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Islamic terrorist alert: ISIS using fake passports to come to the EU
2022/02/02
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Extension of the EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation
2022/02/04
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Means used by President von der Leyen to negotiate deal with Pfizer CEO
2022/02/07
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Proposal to extend the Nutriscore system to include alcoholic beverages
2022/02/22
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Unfolding of the Russia-Ukraine war and the EU’s response
2022/02/28
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War in Ukraine, drought and an agricultural sector on its knees
2022/03/30
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Request for guidance from the EU to support Member States in the recovery, rearing and selling of indigenous livestock breeds
2022/04/06
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University student reprimanded during classes: the European Union upholds the freedom of Taiwan to define its own status
2022/04/13
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Clarification on how the European Union plans to prevent Russia circumventing sanctions through illegal transactions using dummy companies
2022/04/19
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COVID in China: alarm over the severe lockdown imposed within the country
2022/04/28
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Taxis and chauffeur-driven private hire vehicles: clarification on the notice on local passenger transport-on-demand
2022/05/12
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African swine fever – EU action
2022/05/17
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Monkeypox
2022/05/24
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‘Attracting skills and talent to the EU’ – particularly the talent partnerships with North African countries
2022/06/23
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Request for an opinion on including poultry meat under the measures to combat deforestation
2022/07/01
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France’s refusal to extradite former Red Brigade terrorists to Italy
2022/07/06
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Protection of passenger rights from the practice of overbooking
2022/07/12
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‘Uber file’ revelations about ‘revolving doors’ in the EU institutions
2022/07/13
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Improving and enforcing the EU Air Passengers Rights Regulation
2022/07/15
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GALSI project: Commission to explain reasons for implementation delay
2022/07/19
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Fires in Europe – the case of Rome
2022/07/19
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Statements by the EU's next Ambassador to China
2022/07/21
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The case of Mahsa Amini: the Iranian regime’s brutality against women continues unabated
2022/09/22
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Remarks by the President of the European Commission on the Italian elections
2022/09/23
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Alleged summary execution of Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani armed forces
2022/10/10
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The case of Italian national Andrea Costantino: need for the Commission to seek his return to Italy
2022/10/29
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Italian plastics cycle: clarification from Commission on intended action to protect the sector
2022/10/29
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Ability of TikTok staff in China to access EU citizens’ data
2022/11/08
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Introducing sign language in committees
2022/11/29
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The case of Fahimeh Karimi
2022/12/07
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Links between Qatar and the European Union
2022/12/15
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Doubts over the authorisation for the placing on the market of the house cricket
2023/01/17
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Gas supply agreement between Italy and Algeria and EU refinancing for GALSI project
2023/01/24
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Request for guidelines on positive measures to protect coasts from erosion by the sea in order to benefit biodiversity
2023/01/25
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Representation of Qatar in Brussels in view of the corruption scandal in which the country is embroiled
2023/01/26
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Energy performance of buildings directive: Commission ad hoc measures to support the unique features of Italy’s buildings
2023/01/30
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Funding of human rights NGOs
2023/02/03
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Alleged practices aimed at circumventing EU sanctions on Russian oil
2023/02/21
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Commission proposal on cross-border parenthood
2023/02/22
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Cuban authorities’ use of EU funds for increased violence and repression
2023/03/08
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Estimated additional costs of buying a car related to the adoption of Euro 7 standards
2023/03/13
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Request for the Commission to calculate the e-mobility energy costs
2023/03/16
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Withdrawal of reception measures for serious crimes: EU amendments to Directive (EU) 2013/33
2023/03/22
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Use of Arabic in Commission communications
2023/03/30
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Application of Directive 2006/123/EC to state-owned maritime concessions for the exercise of aquaculture and fishing activities
2023/04/07
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Independent judgment and objective assessment: the EU should demand respect for the State of Israel
2023/04/26
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Rising unemployment in a number of EU regions
2023/05/25
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Appointment of Luigi di Maio as EU Special Representative for the Gulf region: request for Commission clarification on selection criteria and requirements
2023/05/26
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Right to be forgotten: a fundamental right for European citizens
2023/07/12
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Request to the European Union to intervene in Niger to counter rising energy prices and stabilise the country, staving off an increase in migratory flows
2023/08/03
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Migrants and Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisia: call for the Commission to provide macro-financial assistance
2023/09/06
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EU support for fisheries and to tackle the invasion of the blue crab
2023/09/12
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German Government allocating funds to support NGOs that help migrants cross the Mediterranean
2023/09/25
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The dumping of illegal immigrants in Italy by German non-governmental organisation Humanity, which is subsidised by Germany
2023/10/25
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Floods in Tuscany – urgent action by the Commission required through the deployment of the European Solidarity Fund and special funds
2023/11/06
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Individual motions (20)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on support for the Israel-Palestine Peace Plan
2020/02/07
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a European Charter of Remembrance of the Holocaust and the prevention of crimes against humanity in the digital age
2020/12/01
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on safeguarding free democratic debate on social media
2021/01/28
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on establishing a Europe-wide ‘Remembrance Day’ to commemorate the victims of the foibe massacres
2021/02/10
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the organisation of events to commemorate, across Europe, the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri
2021/04/07
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on supporting and promoting the spa sector
2021/05/05
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a new common European strategic plan for security, stability and development for a possible coexistence of the Israeli and Palestinian people
2021/06/03
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION to prevent misuse of the EU Digital COVID Certificate by some Member States in restricting citizens’ access to certain services and stifling the economic recovery
2021/07/22
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on reducing the impact on farm land of ground-based photovoltaic plants
2021/09/06
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need to promote female entrepreneurship
2021/09/21
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the Belarusian border
2021/12/06
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on creating a European compensation fund for victims of the COVID-19 vaccines: – Comirnaty (Pfizer, BioNTech) – Janssen COVID-19 vaccine – Spikevax (Moderna vaccine) – Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca vaccine)
2022/03/18
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the current migration crisis
2022/11/14
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Member States planning to outsource asylum centres outside the EU
2023/03/03
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on denying illegal immigrants the right to asylum
2023/03/27
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 100 million victims of communism
2023/04/26
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on banning ethnocultural ‘positive discrimination’ in Europe
2023/07/17
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on making 12 September a remembrance day for the Battle of Vienna
2023/07/31
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a ‘Mattei Plan’ for the Euro-Mediterranean-African region that is capable of ensuring progress on the scale we all need
2023/10/26
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on granting citizenship of an EU Member State to the Israeli hostages held by Hamas
2023/11/15
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Amendments (605)

Amendment 1 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Citation 14
– having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2021 on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy3 , __________________ 3 OJ C 15, 12.1.2022, p. 70.deleted
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Citation 20
– having regard to its decision of 10 May 2023 on granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 20217 , __________________ 7 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0165.
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Citation 21
– having regard to the report of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission to Libya of 27 March 2023 (A/HRC/52/83),deleted
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Citation 23 a (new)
– whereas the Agency is currently in a transition process: in June 2021 the new Fundamental Rights Office of Frontex has taken office; end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 three Deputy Executive Directors have taken office for the first time in the Agency’s history; in April 2022 a new Chair of the Management Board has started his term; following political pressure exerted by the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament the Executive Director has resigned in April 2022 due to the mandate of the Agency having been silently changed, after which Frontex’ Management Board chose one of the Deputy Executive Directors to lead the Agency as Executive Director ad interim; a new Executive Director was appointed in December 2022 and took office in March 2023;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Citation 23 a (new)
– whereas sources from within European Border and Coast Guard Agency confirmed that NGO’s rescue ships are one of the migration ‘pull factors’; whereas confidential reports issued by Frontex flag concerns over NGO's interaction with migrant smugglers;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 28 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for a strong, effective and well-functioning European Border and Coast Guard Agency that is able to assist Member States in managprotecting the common external borders of the European Union and in ensuring integrated border management in full compliance with fundamental rights;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the Agency’s budget grew exponentially from around EUR 114 million in 2015 to around EUR 750 million in 2022; adds, moreover, that the revised mandates of the Agency in 2016 and 2019 corresponded to major increases in the Agency’s responsibilities and competences, including in terms of staff and technical equipment; stresses that such increases in responsibility and budget for the Agency need to be accompanied by a corresponding increase in accountability and transparency and increased scrutiny of the Agency’s respect for Union law;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 3
3. Notes that over the course of the last two years the Agency has seen significant managerial changes, including a new fundamental rights officer (FRO), a new chair of its Management Board, three new deputy executive directors and a new executive director; expects that the change in management will bring about the necessary change in cultuto ensure a better protection of the EU's external borders. Notes that change will also be required with regard to respect for the Union’s principles and values, most notablyincluding fundamental rights, and with regard to transparency and efficiency in internal procedures and to increased accountability towards Parliament and the Council in accordance with the applicable legal framework; welcomes the measures already implemented to improve the management culture and to strengthen integrity and accountability within the Agency; calls on the new leadership to undertake the deep reforms that are needed and calls on the Management Board to evaluate how it can step up its involvement and scrutiny of the way in which the Agency is run;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 5
5. Expresses disappointastonishment that, during the appointment procedure and unknown to Members of Parliament, one of the candidates proposed for the post of executive director of the Agency was a person of interest in the second ongoing OLAF investigation; underlines, however, the importance of the principle of presumption of innocence;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 7 – indent 1
– The Agency should ensure that the FRO is consulted earlier on in the process of developing operational plans, is granted sufficient time for giving his or her opinions and is equipped with established methods and channels to escalate if his or her opinion is ignored;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 7 – indent 2
– A transparent reporting mechanism should be integrated into every operational plan in which the host Member State includes assets used in the operational area, regardless of the way these are financed; operational plans should also guarantee that Frontex teams have access to all assets, relevant information and locations within the operational area; acknowledges that the Agency cannot achieve these outcomes alone as they requireacknowledges that the Agency must obtain the consent of the Member States in question;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 7 – indent 3
– Formal guarantees should be established to ensure that rules and safeguards on whistleblower protection are applicable to seconded national experts, trainees, interim staff and local agents;deleted
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 68 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that the Agency finally has 46 fundamental rights monitors (FRMs) in place, despite the significant delay in complying with the requirements of the updated mandate; notes that 31 FRMs have be; stresses that this number is sufficient appointed at administrator (AD) level; continues to stress that those FRMs who were hired at the lower assistant (AST) grade should be upgraded to the higher AD level as soon possible through the appropriate procedures; points out that, basednd insists that the focus of the Agency should be to hire staff which would perform the primary task onf the Aagency’s updated mandate, the number of FRMs should continue to grow as the overall size of the standing corps increases; looks forward, in that regard, to receiving details of the Agency’s plans to increase the number of FRMs namely the protection of the external borders of the EU;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 13
13. Expresses severe concern regarding the serious and persistent allegations made against Greek authorities in relation to pushbacks and violence against migrants; iIs convinced that respect for the principles and values of the Union must be the condition sine qua non for Frontex to commit to a joint operation with a Member State; is further convinced that, should a Member State be unable to respect those principles and values, then the Agency should scale down and repurpose its operations towards monitoring activities in the light of Article 46 of its mandate, while maintaining its presence on the ground in order not to leave a vacuum; regrets that the Agency has so far refrained from scaling down or repurposing its operations in Greece;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 14
14. WelcomeRegrets the Agency’s decision to scale down its activities in Lithuania in July 2022 in the light of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 30 June 2022 as regards the Lithuanian law and decrees on asylum and migration10 ; noteswelcomes the fact that the Agency still has officers on the ground supporting national authorities with border checks at selected border crossing points and assisting return- related activities in Lithuania; recommends that the Agency take a more proactive approach to protecting the Union’s principles and values rather than await CJEU rulings; __________________ 10 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 30 June 2022, M.A. v Valsybès sienos apsaugos tarnyba, C-72/22PPU, ECLI:EU:C:2022:505.
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that, although the Agency withdrew from operations in Hungary in January 2021 following a clear CJEU ruling in December 202011 , it continues to support Hungarian authorities in carrying out returns; reiterates the FSWG’s calls on the executive director to immediately suspend support for return-related operations from Hungary; __________________ 11 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 17 December 2020, Commission v Hungary, C-808/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:1029.
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 95 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 16
16. Notes the Agency’s mandate to provide better situational awareness in the maritime domain and to transmit that information to the relevant authorities regarding competence for search and rescue operations; reiterates the obligation under the international law of the sea to render assistance to persons found in distress at sea; notes that Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by Frontex lays down the rules for the Agency’s involvement in search and rescue operations; underlines that the Agency could do more to increase the capacity of the EU and Member States to carry out search and rescue operations, notably by investing in appropriate assets for such operations;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 17
17. Notes that Parliament has previously taken the view that a permanent, robust and effective Union response in search and rescue operations at sea is crucial to prevent the death toll of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from escalating12 ; remains convinced that the Agency could have a key role to play in a more proactive response by the EU and Member States to search and rescue, particularly in the Mediterranean Sea, and to the fight against criminal smugglers and human traffickers; __________________ 12 European Parliament resolution of 12 April 2016 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration, OJ C 58, 15.2.2018.deleted
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the absence of an EU-level search and rescue mission has led other civil society and non- governmental organisations to fill the gap in providing search and rescue capacity; is concerned about the increasing number of attempdeaths at sea could have been prevented if the EU adopted an effective no-tolerance migration policy that does not create the pull factors for migrants to risk their lives in unseaworthy vessels; warns that any increase in EU search and rescue capacity would create further pull factors that would encourage migrants to criminalise such actions, further limiting the possibilities for those in distress at sea to be rescued; sk their lives to travel to Europe; further stresses that the NGO's cannot take over the role of a state in search and rescue activities; recalls that sources within Frontex have confirmed in several internal documents that certain NGO's regularly cooperate with smugglers;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 19
19. Notes theat conclusions of the fundamental rights officer that Libya cannot be considered a port of safety and the conclusion of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission to Libyoperation with third countries is essential to prevent tragedies at sea;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 117 #

2023/2729(RSP)


Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to conduct fundamental rights impact assessments prior to concludingaccelerate negotiations for a status agreement with a third countryies in order to be able to fully consider the fundamental rights impact of cooperating with that country; calls on the Agency to share periodical evaluations of joint operations in third countries and constantly assess the impact and scope of active operations, including in respect of fundamental rightsdeploy means to prevent illegal migratory flows towards the EU;
2023/09/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that EU aid to third countries under the NDICI should be conditional on those third countries controlling their migration flows and on readmission agreements;
2023/12/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that accession countries benefit from very significant financial investments from the EU; calls for a definitive end to all pre-accession funding for Türkiye;
2023/12/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2023/2128(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas India’s neighbourhood and the Indo-Pacific region have increasingly become a space in which China is posing new growing challenges on strategic, geopolitical, economic and trade issues; whereas India has a legitimate interest in ensuring peace and security along its periphery, while China aims at expanding its geopolitical influence on the area for its own interests;
2023/10/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2023/2128(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Indian Parliament adopted, on 21st September 2023, the Women’s Reservation Bill, the law on representation which reserves the 33% of the seats in the Lower House for women, with the quota that also applies to seats reserved for marginalized groups, the so- called Scheduled Castes, or Dalits, and Scheduled Tribes; whereas the adoption has been welcomed with satisfaction by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk;
2023/10/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2023/2128(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) take note of India’s security concerns as regards the expansive policy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); support the resolution of disputes and the upholding of international law on the India-PRC border; underline that India- PRC relationships, taking into account the Chinese expansionism and ambitions, are facing growing challenges on strategic, geopolitical, economic and trade issues;
2023/10/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2023/2128(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) underline that, in various villages across the country, Christians of Adivasi (aboriginal) origin are persecuted by Hindu extremists who call for their forced reconversion to Hinduism;
2023/10/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2023/2128(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) welcome the adoption on 21st September 2023 of the Women’s Reservation Bill, the law on representation which reserves the 33% of the seats in the Lower House for women; engage with India on its efforts to investigate and prevent gender-based violence and discrimination and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment;
2023/10/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas China is simultaneously a partner and also increasingly a competitor and systemic rival to the EU at global level;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, following the economic growth and political expansion on the global stage, China is trying to maximise the diffusion of its propaganda abroad, spreading positive narratives concerning that country while at the same time attempting to suppress critical voices; whereas this situation has also spurred the Chinese domestic media to expand internationally, while also strengthening cooperation with the foreign media and journalists’ unions;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) take note of the risks arising from this new phase of Sino-Russian relations, which is seeing increasingly close economic ties and the advancement of military cooperation, with joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific, and which touches upon a range of areas like artificial intelligence and new technologies, including when used for internal repression and control purposes, and provides for stronger cooperation over the Arctic route;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) respond adequately to China’s efforts in the area of developing global geopolitical structures, to build alternative international organisations, including through the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and generally to reinforce its relations with the Global South, by ensuring better coordination among the EU Member States and intensifying partnerships with like-minded partners around the world;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 300 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) support and follow the example of the United States and impose visa sanctions on Chinese officials pursuing the 'forced assimilation' of children in Tibet, where UN experts say that one million children have been separated from their families and forcibly placed in Chinese state schools to ensure they are absorbed 'culturally, religious and linguistically';
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) advocate as being unacceptable in the light of the international legal framework any form of detention, persecution of persons or groups on ethnic, cultural or religious grounds or any other inhumane acts causing great suffering or serious injury, when committed as part of an extensive or systematic attack on civilian populations;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 302 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) express its serious concern at the persistent, systematic and inhumane organ harvesting from prisoners in the People’s Republic of China, and more specifically from minorities such as Uyghurs, Tibetans and Christians;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 303 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j d (new)
(jd) call on the Council to introduce targeted sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against PRC officials, entities and individuals responsible for orchestrating forced organ harvesting in China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 371 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen the EU’s economic autonomy, ensure mutually beneficial economic relations and prevent sensitive technologies from being used for military purposes by de-risking trade flows and reducing critical dependencies on the PRC without aiming to decouple or turning inwards; ensure the security of supply of critical raw materials in order to limit dependence on China for these and lessen the impact on the EU’s energy balance, its international competitiveness and global markets;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 433 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) revisitinforce the EU’s engagement policy with Taiwan and continue supporting democracy there together with like-minded partners; encourage further exchanges and visits between Parliament and its Taiwanese counterparts in this context;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 452 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) establish a ‘Far-East StratCom Task Force’ as part of the European External Action Service, to be tasked with identifying, monitoring and countering disinformation efforts and nation-specific actions by China; commend the Taiwanese authorities’ efforts to address Chinese information manipulation and interference; encourage the EU and its Member States to deepen cooperation with Taiwan in countering disinformation campaigns and interference operations; underline, at the same time, the risks of an unbalanced cooperation between Chinese and foreign media, taking also into account that the Chinese media are the voice of the Chinese Communist Party at home and abroad;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 465 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) fully leverage the Global Gateway strategy as a tool to intensify the EU’s engagement and business relations with partners from developing countries and provide an alternative to Chinese-driven foreign investment strategies; highlight the vulnerabilities created by these Chinese- driven foreign investment strategies, which, as a geopolitical tool, could push countries into so-called debt traps and further destabilise them;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the 2022 NATO’s Strategic Concept, adopted at the Madrid Summit, on 29 and 30 June 2022,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the transatlantic partnership in foreign affairs is instrumental in asserting and enhancing the principles of international law and multilateral cooperation in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to contain an increasingly assertive China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the NATO Strategic Concept, adopted in June 2022, acknowledges the importance of the southern neighbourhood, NATO’s Southern Flank, particularly the Middle East, North Africa and Sahel regions, underlining that it faces interconnected security, demographic, economic and political challenges;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) foster the EU’s open strategic autonomy as a means to pursue the EU Member Statess own legitimate interests while strengthening the transatlantic bond and also reinforcing the European pillar of NATO, when applicable, and increasing the joint leverage of the EU and the US on the world scene;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) reinforce the accountability and resilience of our democratic systems in the run-up to the elections next year on both sides, as well as enhance transatlantic dialogue and cooperation on policies supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law and combating disinformation and foreign interference from authoritarian regimes, notably Russia and China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) assess the importance of the strong convergence of transatlantic positions towards China, building more and more on the ‘de-risking’ strategy while looking for ways to cooperate with China on some global challenges;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) consider however the current situation and the numerous steps to be taken and contradiction to be clarified: on human rights, the Chinese regime is responsible of several violations and cannot be willing to cooperate unless it denounces the legitimacy of its own government, which is a one-party dictatorship; on cyberspace, China uses it also for espionage and to reinforce its military posture; on non-proliferation, China should also clarify if it helped North Korea in obtaining all the technology it needed to become a nuclear power; on climate change, China has the world's largest emissions and seems not willing to give up its rapid industrialisation;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) foster closer partnership with the US and other like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region; , including AUKUS and the QUAD, two US-led initiatives, in the Indo-Pacific region, an area of global economic and geopolitical importance, with a complex changing security environment, to maintain open seas in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, a priority for both EU and US foreign policy and interests;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) strenghten the cooperation in order to avoid and deter any possible escalation, including the military one, in the Taiwan Strait; strongly support Taiwan, with its system of advanced democracy and free market, defending the status quo and without challenging the principle of One China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(qb) consider more carefully the challenges coming from the Mediterranean and the southern neighborhood, which spill over into the European continent and pose a clear security and stability threat to the Euro- Atlantic security;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 242 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) continue EU-US cooperation in the Western Balkans to bring the countries in that region closer to EU membership and take forward the EU-facilitated Belgrade- Pristina Dialogue as well as to counter- balance malign foreign interference and activities, notably from Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, in order to prevent any further destabilization of the region;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) underline the strategic importance of the Abraham Accords that normalized diplomatic relations and led to new form of regional economic and political cooperation in the Middle East;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) aim for an EU-US agreement on a common carbon footprint calculation methodology; to have common balanced and realistic approach and taking into account that the EU is already at the forefront of emission reduction;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) deepen partnerships in the areas of cooperation envisaged by the NATO Strategic Concept and the EU Strategic Compass, particularly in the areas of military mobility, dual-use infrastructure, resilience and inclusive joint exercises also to increase the efforts to anticipate and prevent crises and conflicts;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 310 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) enhance collaboration between US- EU and European defence companies on joint projects which serve to achieve shared security and defence goals and ensure better interoperability between the EU, the US and NATO;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Insists that NGOs cannot fulfil the role of a democratically-elected government and should therefore not unilaterally undertake government functions such as search and rescue operations as this effectively amounts to human smuggling;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the scope of the anti- money laundering directive to be broadened to also apply to NGOs;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that human rights NGOs receiving EU funding give visibility to the EU’s support in different ways, and sometimes incompletely, through various communication channels, including official websites; calls for the establishment of harmonised approaches to make EU funding for human rights and democracy support more transparent and visible to the public; calls for ensuring that the EU does not fund NGOs that facilitate illegal migration by sea or by land;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for a review of the current rules for NGOs, in particular those related to governance, budget, anti money-laundering, foreign influence and persons of significant control, with the aim of increasing their transparency and accountability; calls on the Commission to study if broadening the scope of anti- money laundering rules, particularly by including NGOs, would have prevented these events from taking place;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that the NGO "Fight Impunity" was a central player in the recent Qatargate scandal in the European Parliament;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Expresses concern about the lobbying practices of certain NGOs in the European Parliament; notes that certain political groups use the texts provided by NGOs without any changes and table them in the form of motions for resolution in the Parliament, specifically when it comes to Rule 144 motions;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Strongly affirms that under no circumstances, NGOs or any other stakeholder shall substitute Members of the European Parliament in making political decisions;
2023/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2023/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas Tűrkiye has gradually moved away from the fundamental values and legal framework of the EU, often conflicting with the geopolitical objectives of the Member States; whereas, for this reason, Tűrkiye 's EU accession process is no longer justified, as well as all the related European funding;
2023/11/20
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 289 #

2023/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that accession to the EU must always be a merit-based procedure and that each applicant must be assessed on their own merit in fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria and in ensuring full respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law; stresses that while positive outcomes should be sought as quickly as possible, there should be no fast-track or fixed deadlines for membership; underscores that there can be no short-cuts on fundamental values; points out that alignment with the common foreign and security policy is also a way of showing full adherence to the EU’s fundamental principles and an important indicator for sustainable future membership; considers, in this regard, that Tűrkiye 's EU accession process must be definitively halted in view of the numerous episodes in which Tűrkiye has acted to the detriment of the geopolitical interests of the Member States;
2023/11/20
Committee: AFETAFCO
Amendment 3 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the 2022 NATO’s Strategic Concept, adopted at the Madrid Summit, on 29 and 30 June 2022,
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas Japan adopted new national security and defence strategies in December 2022; , provoked by the recent deterioration of the security environment, reflecting into growing threat perceptions;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with interest Japan’s efforts to promote a stable architecture in the Indo-Pacific, for instance through its participation in the Quad, its engagement with Pacific island states or the recent Camp David Agreement with Korea and the US; continues to note Japan’s concerns about North Koreashares Japan’s concerns about North Korea and its growing nuclear- weapons and ballistic-missile programmes, considering also all the missile tests launched by North Korea even in Japanese territorial waters; intends to continuously cooperate with Japan in order to oppose China’s aggressive policies towards its neighbours, also to avoid and deter any possible escalation, including the military one, in the Taiwan Strait; shares Japan’s position that Taiwan is an important partner and a precious friend; shares, further, Japan’s high regard for the Association of Southeas Asian Nations (ASEAN); welcomes the fact that some new vice-ministerial formats also include the EU (in groupings such as Japan/Australia/Korea/EU and Japan/Korea/US/EU);
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is worried about the risks resulting from this new phase of Sino-Russian relations, which sees, inter alia, increasingly closer economic ties, the advancement of military cooperation with joint military exercises in the Indo- Pacific, touches on various areas including artificial intelligence and new technologies, including for internal repression and control purposes;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the shift in Japan’s national security strategy; continues to support Japan’s engagement for a world without nuclear weapons; calls for a comprehensive security partnership between the EU, its Member States and Japan as the basis for enhanced consultations, common exercises, shared defence research and development and work on joint contingency planning for dangerous crises; welcomes, in this regard, the ongoing cooperation with Japan on a parallel project for developing a next generation fighter aircraft; welcomes Member States’ 2+2 dialogue formats with Japan; welcomes NATO’s Individual Tailored Partnership Programme with Japan, but regrets the fact that the opening of a NATO liaison office in Japan has been delayed; proposes the creation of an EU/NATO/AP4 (Japan/Korea/Australia/New Zealand) security dialogue format; encourages the European External Action Service to post a military attaché in Tokyo; would welcome the negotiation of an EU-Japan Framework Participation Agreement; is critical of the fact that the Enhancing Security Cooperation In and With Asia (ESIWA) project is not very substantive; calls for enhanced maritime awareness cooperation on the basis of the Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO) initiative; insists on including non- conventional security issues such disinformation, cyber, space and climate change;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2023/2105(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists that the Council should maintain unanimity voting for all decisions relating to foreign and defence policy; stresses that any move towards qualified majority voting would further erode the sovereignty of the Member States and could have the potential of undermining legitimate national and geostrategic interests;
2023/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that Switzerland’s alignment with EU sanctions against Russia is on a case-by-case basis; encourages Switzerland to closely and consistently apply restrictive measures and to prevent their circumvention; encouragesrecommends that Switzerland to step up the seizure and confiscation of Russian assets;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises EU-Switzerland cooperation on international migration, including the management of flows and relocation of refugees; notes the large number of cross-border commuters between the EU and Switzerland and underlines the mutual social and economic benefits arising from this;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. RegretHopes that Switzerland does not qualifymay decide to join the EU Civil Protection Mechanism; calls on a future partnership with Switzerland within this framework;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned about Switzerland’s inconsistent implementation of certain agreements and its subsequent adoption of legislative measures and practices that are incompatible with those agreements, in particular with the Agreement on the free movement of persons;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. UrgInvites Switzerland to apply the relevant EU acquis where required, in particular on posted workers and to adapt flanking measures applicable to EU economic operators providing services in its territory; notes Switzerland’s concerns in this regard and points out that former EU candidate countries had similar concerns and that they have not materialised;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern that Switzerland did not support the EU’s push to remove fossil fuel protections from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT);
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that grid stability and the security of supply and transit depend on close cooperation between the EU and Switzerland; notes the interconnection of Swiss, German, Italian and French power grids; remains concerned that excluding Switzerland’s energy industry poses systemic risks for the whole of continental Europe’s synchronous grid;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets the Swiss Federal Council’s decision to terminate the negotiations on the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework in May 2021; regrets any narratives that the EU works against Swiss interests; stresses that a second failure in negotiating an agreement on EU-Swiss relations would be damaging for both the EU and Switzerland and risks weakening their political role;
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #

2023/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Expects the progress in exploratory talks between the Commission and the Swiss Federal Council to be stepped up with a view to obtaining the clarifications and assurances required to adopt a mandate for negotiations; calls on both sides to use this window of opportunity for talks on a possible new negotiation package and to reach an agreement beforeas soon as possible, regardless of the endxpiry of the term of the current European Commission and European Parliament;ose involved.
2023/05/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concerned by the Illegal Migration Bill, which passed through the UK Parliament on 26 April 2023, and, if adopted, could have the potential to diverge from the European Convention on Human Rights, causing clear divergence between the two parties and could, according to the TCA, lead to the termination of law enforcement cooperation between the UK and the EU;deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 78 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Regrets that the TCA does not include provisions on cooperation in foreign policy and defence; highlights the need to intensify the dialogue with the UK on possible avenues for future cooperation and coordination on foreign, security and defence policy, in line with the provisions of the political declaration and including in the framework of the EU-NATO partnership, the United Nations, the European Political Community (EPC) and other international forums; underlines the importance of coordinating sanctions regimes;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 89 #

2022/2188(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Urges the UK to seriously engage with the EU on pressing strategic challenges by ensuring the complementarity and synergies of actions; points out that the parallel projects for developing future combat air systems can be an inefficient use of resources and that the 2022 Common Security and Defence Policy annual report recommends that the projects should be merged;
2023/09/08
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 1 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)
A. Whereas supporting a vibrant and dynamic textile sector is strategic for the value chains and the competitiveness of the European Industry;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 b (new)
b. Whereas the long tradition and experience of European textile companies has a priceless value for the European historical heritage and technological development;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 c (new)
C. Whereas the European SMEs are in the frontline of production, research and active development of business models and practices that are increasingly compatible with environmental ambitions;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that more than 99 % of the EU textiles ecosystem consists of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); underlines that EU textiles companies face intense competition from Asia, mainly China1 , where environmental regulations are less strict or non-existentand labour standards are less strict or non-existent; the usually low prices of these goods often affects the competitiveness of the European productions, while their low quality can be harmful for the consumers; therefore, calls for better controls by customs and by national market surveillance authorities to avoid the import of counterfeit, unsafe and uncompliant textile products. Better market surveillance shall not hamper free trade and responsible business practices; _________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, ‘Data on the EU Textile Ecosystem and its Competitiveness: final report’.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that more than 99 % of the EU textiles ecosystem consists of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); underlines that EU textiles companies face intense competition from Asia, mainly China1, where environmental regulations are less strict or non-existent; calls on the Commission to step up customs controls in order to ensure that imported products comply with the regulations governing EU companies; _________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, ‘Data on the EU Textile Ecosystem and its Competitiveness: final report'.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the importance of recovering materials and, to this end, stresses the need for non-technical parameters to be included among the criteria for assessing end-product performance, so as to avoid unequal comparisons between products manufactured from recycled components and those manufactured from new materials;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. calls on the European Commission to stop unsustainable fast fashion practices and boost better consumption and production models which enhance the strategic value of the supply chain, promote sustainability, foster creativity based on quality;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Encourages the use of recycled materials, especially fiber-to-fiber, and support the conversion of textile waste from a costly disposal matter into new raw material generating value;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that ever-increasing regulation, which directly and indirectly affects the EU textiles industry, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, is seriously threatening the competitiveness of EU businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to only implement additional regulations if they facilitate sustainable business models, as many obligations drastically increase costs, especially for SME, the increase prices of commodities and energy, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, unfair trade behaviours of Extra-EU countries, is seriously threatening the competitiveness of EU businesses; calls for adequately weight extended producer responsibility obligations to safeguard subcontractors and intermediate processors;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a revision of the criteria for awarding the Ecolabel to associate this label with products for which at least three economically significant processes have taken place in accordance with clear sustainability criteria defined at EU level; underlines the need of organising and implementing a better and harmonised surveillance of the internal market. Customs and other market surveillance authorities need to be empowered to prevent the import of counterfeit and/or unsafe textile products lacking the requirements expressly demanded of those who produce and operate within the EU, in order to safeguard the consumer and the environment;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasises that any action that could increase red tape for producers should be avoided and calls for stronger support for SMEs in this sector;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the challenges to achieving a fully circular business model for textile companies, in particular owing to current technological and physical constraints on production and recycling, such as the use of chemicals, the lack of circular design, digitalisation gaps and the workforce’s up- and reskilling needs; stresses the need to introduce incentives for products that meet ecological standards, thus enabling producers to support environmentally sustainable production processes while maintaining competitive price levels and supporting the value chain by promoting the reshoring of delocalised production in the EU;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the need to support an open approach to circular economy, especially concerning open loop recycling, in order to avoid a “silos approach” and to favour research, innovation and cross- fertilization between different industrial sectors;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need to specify parameters for recycled materials regarding the presence of chemicals;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines the importance of improving transparency and traceability in the textile industry to increase its ability to manage the value chains more effectively, identify and address labour and human rights violations and environmental impacts, combat counterfeits, while embracing more sustainable production and consumption patterns; at the same time, traceability shall not become a barrier to trade, an unacceptable cost or burden, especially for the SMEs;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Underlines that a circular economy for textiles and apparel is the one that creates better products and services for customers, contributes to a resilient industry, and benefits the environment. Recycling of textiles, a crucial part of the circular economy for textiles and apparel, has the potential to reduce GHG emissions and freeing precious land for other uses. To this end, the European Union should support companies, associations, and initiatives like the ReHubs which are implementing plans to increase recycling and reduce textile waste;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Reaffirms the importance of traceability and transparency as a tool also to support customers’ informed choices about textile products;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Recalls the need to support the EU textile value chain, which actively contributes to the EU competitiveness, while at the same time defending it from external unfair practices, which are also distortive of the internal market;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that a business- supportive environment that promotes research and innovation is key to maintaining the EU textiles industry’s leading position in innovation2 , especially in sustainable fibres such as bio-based fibres, in inventing and scaling up circular production and recycling technologies, and in harnessing the opportunities offered by digitalisation, e.g. with the Digital Product Passport or smart textiles, provided that such an initiative does not lead to more bureaucracy for producers, enabling micro and SMEs to better communicate their sustainability; _________________ 2 Ibid.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of supporting the reshoring of textile production in the European Union as a way to promote reindustrialization of the continent and, as well, as a way to shorten the usually very stretched supply chains involved in the production and distribution of textiles;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of a traceability system that takes adequate account of the various processing stages so as to provide the market with a guarantee of uniform assessment throughout the production process;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the Commission to encourage development of the market for products made from recovered textile material, also outside the clothing sector, so as to ensure more widespread recycling;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that several EU funding opportunities exist, such as via Cluster 2 of Horizon Europe or the European Innovation Council; calls for the creation of an EU research and innovation agenda aligned with the transition pathway for the textiles ecosystem; underlines the leading role the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) on Culture & Creativity3 and Manufacturing4 should play in this process; calls for the development at European level of 'Textile Hubs', i.e. innovative textile regeneration poles, made up of research centres and disposal plants, for the sorting and recovery of pre- and postconsumer waste, turning waste into value and creating new jobs in textile manufacturing districts. _________________ 3 https://eit.europa.eu/eit-community/eit- culture-creativity. 4 https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Invites the European Commission to publish, as soon as possible, a regulation containing harmonised European criteria for the End of Waste of textiles, to ensure an efficient and smoother marketing of products obtained from the recovery of textile waste, encouraging the use of recycled products and the dissemination of innovative research poles for textile regeneration.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2022/2049(INI)

7 a. Insists that unanimity voting within the Council on human rights issues must remain in place and that a move towards qualified majority voting in foreign policy matters will cause a slippery slope that will even further erode the sovereignty of Member States; recalls that the ability to enter into relations with other states, and by analogy the ability to determine foreign policy, is one of the foundational elements of statehood and sovereignty;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with 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 call 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, 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, as well as the protection of the Christian communities, which appear to be the most persecuted in the world;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 386 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Notes with concern that Christians remain the most persecuted religious community in the world; condemns in the strongest terms the attacks perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists; recognises that expressions of sorrow are inadequate in protecting these vulnerable communities from further violence; emphasises the role EU Member States have to play in condemning and confronting these attacks against communities that share their Christian heritage;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 423 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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).
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 436 #

2022/2049(INI)

38. Recalls its commitment to the rights of refugees, as provided by international human rights and refugee laws, in particular the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto; recalls the obligations of states to protect refugees and respect their rights in accordance with the relevant international law, but emphasises that these rights have to be balanced with the rights of the citizens of the Member States; notes with concern that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order reached an unprecedented 89 million by the end of 2021, 36.5 million of whom are children; stresses, in this context, that international action and cooperation is more essential than ever to ensure protection for refugees;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 441 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Notes with concern that NGOs have played a major role in facilitating human smuggling and that private entities should not be actively involved in carrying out search and rescue missions;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 442 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38 b. Calls for the EU Member States to adopt and maintain a policy of regional placement of refugees and to make funding to third countries conditional on the adoption and effective implementation of return agreements;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 481 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Underlines that human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change are dependent on one another; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable and a healthy environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environmentre dependent on one another;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 490 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Notes that, according to a recent study published by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, the argument that environmental changes exacerbate violence, conflict and terrorism cannot be proven or confirmed; further notes that the study has found that environmental protection programmes in the Sahel have contributed to exacerbating terrorism and that one-size- fits-all approaches to environmental challenges and climate change mitigation are “recipes for disaster”, creating a “fertile ground for terrorist groups” in, for example, Burkina Faso;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has brought war back to the European continent, has seriously undermined European and global security, has created economic uncertainty, has led to a spike in energy prices with serious economic and social consequences for businesses and households, has considerable potential to further destabilise many non-EU countries and has therefore significantly changed the geopolitical context of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP);
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is stressed that the Mediterranean is NATO’s southern flank and that the continuous incursions by certain third countries are contributing to a dangerous increase in political instability; calls on the EU, in close collaboration with NATO, to continue to focus particular attention on the area, and also to assess adequate financial appropriations to guarantee the security of the Mediterranean;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the instability of Libya and the risk that it may become an increasingly popular departure point for illegal immigration routes to Europe;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the fact that in recent years, in the Mediterranean and the Balkans, Turkey has been seeking to expand its sphere of geopolitical influence at Europe’s expense;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) switching progressively to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, as well as for other EU external policy tools such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, by using the passerelle clauses provided for in the Treaties;deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 337 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Points out that the Indian neighbourhood and the Indo-Pacific have increasingly become an area in which China, with is expansionist policy and its goals, is creating growing strategic, geopolitical, economic and commercial challenges;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 400 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its strong support for the European future of the Western Balkans; calls on the Member States to renew their commitment to enlargement by delivering on the EU’s commitments towards the Western Balkan countries, in particular by lifting visa requirements for Kosovo citizens; welcomes the start of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia; welcomes the European Council’s readiness to grant candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urges the country’s political actors to show commitment and make significant steps towards EU membership by advancing on the 14 key priorities and implementing the substantial set of reforms; notes with concern the constant trade and geopolitical incursions and the campaign of disinformation conducted in the region by Turkey and China;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 448 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that the attitude of the Theocratic Regime in Tehran poses a threat to stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region; reaffirms that respect for human rights must be a core component in the development of any EU-Iran relations;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 455 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the strengthening of the EU’s relations with the Gulf countries, as underlined in the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council of 18 May 2022 on a strategic partnership with the Gulf (JOIN(2022)0013); notes that there is a common interest in engaging more strategically with the Gulf partners, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 480 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Points out that the network connecting people across continents extends along maritime routes and across the ocean floor, where thousands of kilometres of cable carry 97% of data traffic; stresses, therefore, that a new international geopolitical and geo- economic confrontation debate is being disputed also in the field of infrastructures such as underwater cables, which are essential for improving internet connections and IT data;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 492 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to implement the commitments agreed on at the AU-EU Summit, to swiftly implement the Global Gateway projects in Africa, to strengthen collaboration with African governments to block illegal trafficking in human beings and illegal immigration to Europe and to strengthen partnerships with countries on the African continent, in line with the Strategic Compass;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 496 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Is worried about the consequences, both at economic and political level, of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on Africa, taking also into account Russia's renewed interests and its growing expansionism, also militarily, in the African Continent;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas worldwide cultural theft continues to remain a problem in the EU; whereas after 1974 in Northern Cyprus more than 60,000 cultural objects were taken abroad through looting and by vandalism on the black market; whereas more than 550 Greek Orthodox churches and monasteries have been robbed of their works of art and destroyed or converted into mosques; whereas this is intended to deliberately destroy the Christian Western cultural heritage;
2022/09/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Condemns any destruction or theft of Christian cultural goods; calls for the European Commission to make efforts to return Christian cultural goods, such as those that were black-marketed after the Turkish occupation of the northern part of Cyprus, to their origins; condemns any conversion of Greek Orthodox or Christian monasteries and churches into mosques; calls on the Commission to take an appropriate stance by officially condemning especially the theft of Christian cultural goods and the conversion of Christian or Greek Orthodox churches and monasteries; calls for a reconsideration of cultural relations, in particular with those countries which continue to endanger the Christian cultural heritage worldwide through such practices;
2022/09/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the war in Ukraine has underlined the threat posed by third countries that seek political and economic hegemony in the Mediterranean area and the EU’s neighbourhood to the detriment of the democratic aspirations and territorial integrity of target countries; whereas Russia, China, Turkey and Iran are all seeking to increase their capacity to exercise political and/or economic hegemony in certain Southern Neighbourhood countries and, therefore, the EU’s capacity-building for fighting disinformation and promoting freedom of the press is crucial; whereas the EU should reaffirm its role as the primary political, economic and democratic anchor for the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the war in Ukraine and the resulting need to further diversify the EU’s energy supply have shown the essential role of the Southern Neighbourhood in securing sufficient gas and oil supplies to the EU with mutual benefits for both the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries; whereas the discovery of relevant natural gas reserves in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean provides a unique opportunity for economic development in the countries concerned; whereas these gas reserves equally provide an important opportunity for partnership, investment and the sharing of know-how between the countries of the Southern Mediterranean and the EU and its Member States; whereas Israel, one of the EU's strategic partners, and the EastMed project may play a key role in this context; whereas the Southern Neighbourhood is therefore not only essential for reasons of regional security and stability, but also as a primary partner for access to energy sources, including renewables;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Build on the very positive experience of some Member States in supporting start-up companies and further advancing their work through dedicated incubators or accelerators, especially in key sectors such as health, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, the new technologies and education; takes the view that the EU should set up incubators or accelerators in relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries, support the creation of local start-up companies, and increase their digital and green capacities; concurs on the importance of further improving the digital infrastructure of relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries and including these countries in the EU’s digital agenda; points out that this is a prerequisite for economic development, socioeconomic integration and wider access to education; recalls the importance of close policy dialogue and cooperation between the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries to develop adequate cybersecurity policies and partnership in international forums on cybersecurity standards; takes the view that the EU should build on the StratCom Task Force South and develop a concrete strategy for combating disinformation in our Southern Neighbourhood countries, aiming to counter fake news and propaganda in order to reinforce democracy and stability;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) Promote regional, sub-regional and bilateral integration in the Southern Mediterranean, in particular with a view to the removal of any border, transport or trade barriers between the countries of the region and actively promoting closer links and partnerships; takes the view that the recent Negev Foreign Ministers summit in Sde Boker attests to the potential for regional integration and peace in the region in the framework of the Abraham Accords; takes note of the fact that the Abraham Accords have normalised diplomatic relations between countries in the area and applauds the role played by the United States in finalising the Accords; welcomes the intention of holding this summit annually and calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to use the positive momentum of the Abraham Accords to advance dialogue and cooperation in the region on support for the Middle East Peace process and the two-state solution;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 219 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) Play a strategic role in the Mediterranean, including in regard to combating organised crime, terrorism and irregular immigration; Ensure a positive link between the new agenda for the Mediterranean and the capacity of the EU and its Member States to build a coalition of like-minded countries to support a rules- based, effective multilateral system capable of boosting the capacity of the international community to address global challenges; reiterates its view that the new agenda for the Mediterranean should include dialogue on the value for Southern Neighbourhood countries converging with the EU not only on policy dialogue, stability and economic growth, but also on the capacity to promote peace and stability, democratic values and human rights in the UN system and relevant multilateral forums;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Council underlined in its Conclusions of December 202038, that the revision of Directive 94/62/EC should update and establish more concrete, effective and easy to implement provisions to facilitate sustainable packaging in the internal market and minimise the complexity of packaging in order to foster economically feasible solutions, to improve the reusability and recyclability as well as minimise substances of concern in packaging materials, especially concerning food packaging materials, and to provide for labelling packaging in an easily understandable way to inform consumers about its recyclability and where its waste should be discarded to facilitate sorting and recycling. At the same time it noted that hygiene and food safety standards have to be respected. _________________ 38 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-13852-2020-INIT/en/pdf
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The European Parliament’s Resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan39reiterated the objective of making all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and called on the Commission to present a legislative proposal including waste reduction measures and targets and ambitious essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to reduce excessive packaging, including in e-commerce, improve recyclability and minimise the complexity of packaging, increase recycled content, phase out hazardous and harmful substances, and promote re-use. In addition, it stressed that food safety or hygiene standards must not be compromised. _________________ 39 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0040_EN.html
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 240 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) An item, which is an integral part of a product and is necessary to contain, support or preserve that product throughout its lifetime and where all elements are intended to be used, consumed or disposed of together, should not be considered as being packaging given that its functionality is intrinsically linked to it being part of the product. However, in light of the disposal behaviour of consumers regarding tea and coffee bags as well as coffee or tea system single-serve units, which in practice are disposed of together with the product residue leading to the contamination of compostable and recycling streams, those specific items should be treated as packaging. This is in line with the objective to increase the separate collection of bio-waste, as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41. Furthermore, to ensure coherence regarding end-of-life financial and operational obligations, also all coffee or tea system single-serve units necessary to contain coffee or tea should be treated as packaging. _________________ 41 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 247 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(21) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and with the requirement set in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the same Directive, which foresees that specific waste streams may depart from the hierarchy where this is in line with life- cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packagingand recycling of packaging while delivering the best environmental outcome. In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposal.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 290 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Designing packaging with the objective of its recycling, once it becomes packaging waste, is one the most efficient measures to improve the packaging circularity and raise packaging recycling rates and the use of recycled content in packaging, while ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance. Packaging design for recycling criteria have been established for a number of packaging formats under voluntary industry schemes or by some Member States for the purpose of the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees. In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and provide industry with a level playing field, and with the objective to promote the sustainability of packaging ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, it is important to set mandatory requirements regarding the recyclability of packaging, by harmonising the criteria and the methodology for assessing packaging recyclability based on a design for recycling methodology at the Union level. In order to meet the objective set out in the CEAP that, by 2030, all packaging should be recyclable or reusable, in an economically viable manner, packaging recyclability performance grades should be established based on design for recycling criteria for packaging categories as listed in Annex II. However, packaging should comply with them only as of 1 January 2030 in order to give sufficient time to the economic operators to adapt.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 299 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) As design for recycling assessment in itself does not ensure that packaging is recycled in practice, it is necessary to establish a uniform methodology and criteria for assessing the recyclability of packaging in practice based on the state-of- the-art separate collection, sorting and recycling processes and infrastructure actually available in the Union. Related reporting from Member States and, where relevant, economic operators should support establishing the recyclability “at scale” thresholds and update, on this basis, the recyclability performance grades with respect to the specific packaging materials and categories. , preserving the added value conveyed to the final consumer with the packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 306 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability while ensuring packaging performs all its functions and ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 2035. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 313 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In order to stimulate innovation in packaging, it is appropriate to allow that packaging, which presents innovative features resulting in significant improvement in the core function of packaging and has demonstrable environmental benefits, is given limited additional time of five years to comply withexempt from the recyclability requirements. The innovative features should be explained in the technical documentation accompanying the packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 316 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect human and animal health and safety, due to the nature of the packaged products and the related requirements, it is appropriate that the recyclability requirements should not apply to immediate packaging as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council50and in Article 4(25) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council51, which are in direct contact with the medicinal product, as well as contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council52andof in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council53.These exemptions should apply until 1 January 2035and contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. _________________ 50 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 51 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43). 52 Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1). 53 Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 332 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure a high level of human and animal health protection in accordance with requirements in Union legislation and to avoid any risk to the security of supply and to the safety of medicines and medical devices safety, it is appropriate to provide for the exclusion from the obligation of a minimum recycled content in plastic packaging for immediate packaging as defined in Article 1, point 23, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 25, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, as well as for contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and for contact sensitive packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and of contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. This exclusion should also apply to outer packaging of human and veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 1, point 24, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 26, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 in cases where it has to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 336 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste calculated as an average of the plastic packaging placed by a producer on the Union market. This provision should not apply to food or feed contact plastic packaging in those cases when the recycled content risks affecting human and animal health and/or compromising the organoleptic characteristics of products.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 368 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The bio-waste waste stream is oftencould be contaminated with conventional plastics and the material recycling streams are oftencould be contaminated with compostable plastics. This cross-contamination could leads to waste of traditional and compostable resources, lower quality secondary raw materials and should be prevented at source. As the proper disposal route for compostable plastic packaging is becoming increasingly confusing for consumers, it is justified andTherefore, it is necessary to lay down clear and common rules on the use of compostableand disposal of plastic packaging, mandating it only when its use brings a clear benefit for the environment or for human health. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or dispose of bio-wastelabeled as compostable, including the possibility to mandating applications. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or recycle of bio-waste. All plastic packaging labeled as compostable shouldn’t go into material recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 373 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) For limited packaging applications made of biodegradable plastic polymers, there is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packagingThere is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packaging for specific packaging applications (e.g., those strictly linked to food and food waste), which enters composting plants, including anaerobic digestion facilities under controlled conditions. Furthermore, where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructures are available in a Member State as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98, there should be a limited flexibility in deciding whether to mandate the use of compostable plastics for lightweight plastic carrier bags on its territory. In order to avoid consumer confusion about the correct disposal and considering the environmental benefit of circularity of the carbon, all other plastic packaging not labeled as compostable should go into material recycling and the design of such packaging should ensure that it does not affect the recyclability of other waste streams.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 381 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on compostable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for compostable packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council56for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and take into account, in line with the latest scientific and technological developments, the parameters, including compostquality of the output, proper processingtimes and admissible levels of contamination, which reflect the actual conditions in bio- waste treatment facilities, including anaerobic digestion processes. _________________ 56 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 385 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) It should be recalled that all compostable packaging constituting a food contact material is to meet the requirements set out in the Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 388 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) Packaging should be designed, where relevant for a given shape, so as to minimise its volume and weight while maintaining its ability to perform the packaging functions, including those referred to in Article 3 (1). The manufacturer of packaging should assess the packaging against the performance criteria, as listed in Annex IV of this Regulation. In view of the objective of this Regulation to reduce packaging and packaging waste generation and to improve circularity of packaging across the internal market, it is appropriate to further specify the existing criteria and to make them more stringent. The list of the packaging performance criteria, as listed in the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200057, should therefore be modified. While marketing and consumer acceptance remain relevant for packaging designpresentation,design and differentiation functionality, they should not be part ofthe mainperformance criteria justifying on their own additional packaging weight and volume. However, this should not compromise product or packagingspecifications for craft and industrial products and food , beveragesand agricultural products that are registered aundprotected under theEU geographical indication protection schemeer or otherwiseprotected by Union intellectual property law orEU geographical indication protection schemes, including third country geographical indication/products that have been given distinctive recognition by the Union, as part of the Union’s objective to protect intellectual property,cultural heritage and traditional know- how.Traditional packaging associated with products that have been given distinctive recognition or are subject to geographical indications of origin protection shall nevertheless look to reduce packaging weight to the lowest weight possible whilst protecting the shape of the packaging in line with the overall ambitions of this proposal. On the other hand, recyclability, the use of recycled content, and re-use may justify additional packaging weight or volume, and should be added to the performance criteria. Packaging with double walls, false bottoms and other characteristics only aimed to increase the perceived product volume should not be placed on the market, as it does not meet the requirement for packaging minimisation. The same rule should apply to superfluous packaging not necessary for ensuring packaging functionality. _________________ 57 Packaging – Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition – Prevention by source reduction.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 409 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) It is necessary to inform consumers and to enable them to appropriately dispose of packaging waste, including compostable lightweight and very lightweight plastic carrier bags. The most appropriate manner to do this is to establish a harmonised labelling system based on the material composition of packaging for sorting of waste, and to pair it with corresponding labels on waste receptacles. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro- enterprises and SMEs.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 416 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) In order to inform end-users about reusability, availability of systems for re- use and location of collection points as regards reusable packaging, such packaging should bear a QR code or other data carrier that provides such information. The QR code should also facilitate tracking and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging should be clearly identified at the point of sale. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro-enterprises and SMEs.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 436 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure a high level of environmental protection in the internal market as well as a high level of food safety and hygiene, and facilitate the achievement of the packaging waste prevention targets, unnecessary or avoidable packaging should not be allowed to be placed on the market. The list of such packaging formats is provided in Annex V of this Regulation. In order to adapt the list to the technical and scientific progress the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the list.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 460 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
(67) In order to reduce the increasing proportion of packaging that is single use and the growing amounts of packaging waste generated, it is necessary to establish quantitative re-use and refill targets on packaging in sectors, which have been assessed as having the greatest potential for packaging waste reduction, namely food and beverages for take-away, large- white goods and some transport packaging. This was appraised based on factors such as existing systems for re-use, necessity of using packaging and the possibility of fulfilling the functional requirements in terms of containment, tidiness, health, hygiene and safety. Differences of the products and their production and distribution systems, were also taken into account. The setting of the targets is expected to support the innovation and increase the proportion of re-use and refill solutions. The use ofIn accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, restriction shall not apply for single -use packaging for food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises in the HORECA sector should not be alloweddelivering a better overall environmental outcome justified by life cycle thinking, as well as a better overall economic and health impact.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 465 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
(68) To increase their effectiveness and ensure the equal treatment of economic operators, the re-use and refill targets should be placed on the economic operators. In cases of targets for beverages, they should be additionally placed also on the manufacturers, as these actors are able to control the packaging formats used for the products they offer and decide based on thorough consideration of logistics, environmental, technical, industrial and consumer criteria. The targets should be calculated as a percentage of sales in reusable packaging within a system for re- use or through refill or, in case of transport packaging, as a percentage of uses. The targets should be material neutral. A detailed assessment should be carried out to ensure that reuse targets can be implemented in a safe, economically viable and environmentally sustainable way that would bring tangible benefits compared to recyclable alternatives. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of targets for re-use and refill, the power to adopt an implementing act in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty on the methodology for their calculation, should be delegated to the Commission.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 484 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
(78) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the recourse to common technical specifications, the power to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to lay down, amend or repeal common technical specifications for the requirements on sustainability, labelling and systems for re- use, and to adopt test, measurement or calculation methods. That should be limited to those cases where technical standardization is unable to provide a concrete response to the purposes of this Regulation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 495 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
(91) To achieve an ambitious and sustained reduction in the overall packaging waste generation, targets should be laid down for the reduction of packaging waste per capita to be achieved by 2030. Meeting a target of 5 % reduction in 2030 compared to 2018 should entail an overall absolute reduction of approximately 19 % on average acmaterial (plastics, wood, ferrosus the Union in 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. Member States should reduce packaging waste generation by 10 %, compared to 2018, by 2035; this is estimated to reduce packaging waste by 29 % compared to the 2030 baseline. In order to ensure that the reduction efforts continue beyond 2030, a reduction target of 10 % from 2018, which would mean a reduction of 29 % compared to baseline, should be set for 2035 and, for 2040, a reduction target of 15 % from 2018, which means a reduction of 37 % compared to baseline should be establishedmetals, aluminium, glass and paper and cardboard) per capita to be achieved by 2040.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 503 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
(91a) Waste prevention through reduction at source by material should be a key guiding principle, as per the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200030, whereby the substitution of one packaging material by another is not a basis for source reduction.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 516 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 98
(98) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council66lays down rules on the traceability of traders, which more specifically contain obligations for providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers offering packaging to consumers located in the Union. In order to prevent free-riding from the extended producer responsibility obligations, it should be specified how such providers of online platforms should fulfil those obligations with regard to the registers of packaging producers established pursuant to this Regulation. In that context, providers of online platforms, falling within the scope of Section 4 of Chapter 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers should obtain from those producers information about their compliance with the extended producer responsibility rules set out in this Regulation. The rules on traceability of traders selling packaging online are subject to the enforcement rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. As it can be difficult to supervise the concrete application of the obligations of the Regulation in the case of distance selling, particular attention should be paid to tools and control methods that ensure the proper implementation of the provisions. _________________ 66 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 529 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatory for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, and should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 570 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 141 a (new)
(141a) For the sake of clarity for food business operators, the nomenclature codes referred to food categories mentioned in Article 26 and Article 44 are taken from the Combined Nomenclature as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/871 and as set out in Annex I thereto, which are valid at the time of publication of this Regulation and mutatis mutandis as amended by subsequent legislation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 583 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to all packaging, with the exception of packaging approved for the transport of dangerous goods regardless of the material used, and to all packaging waste, whether such waste is used in or originates from industry, other manufacturing, retail or distribution, offices, services or households.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 588 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies without prejudice to Union regulatory requirements for packaging such as those regarding safety, quality, the protection of health and the hygiene of the packed products, or to transport requirements, as well as without prejudice to the provisions of the Directive 2008/98/EC as regards the management of hazardous waste and as regards the requirements provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 604 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
(f) permeable tea or coffee bagsingle- serve units necessary to contain a tea or coffee product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 616 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g
(g) coffee or tea systemprotective beverage single-serve unit necessary to contain a coffee or tea product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 634 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 642 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘composite packaging’ means a unit of packaging made of two or more different materials, excluding materials used for labels, closures and sealing, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integraloatings, linings, paints, inks, adhesives, closures and sealing which are considered as part of the weight of the main packaging material, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integral unit, unless a given material constitutes an insignificant part of the packaging unit and in no case more than 15% of the total mass of the packaging unit;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 695 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
(32) ‘recycled at scale’ means collected, sorted and recycled through installed state-of-the-art infrastructure and processes, covering at least 75 % of the Union populationthe existence of a clear pathway, including the development of sufficient capacity for the collected packaging waste to be directed towards defined and recognised waste streams through established industrial processes for reprocessing, including packaging waste exported from the Union that meets the requirements of Article 47(5);
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 702 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
(32a) 'high quality recycling’ means any recovery operation, as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC, that ensures that the distinct quality of the collected and sorted waste is preserved or recovered during that recovery operation, so that the resulting recycled materials are of sufficient quality to substitute primary raw materials with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 716 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
(34) ‘integrated component’ means a packaging component that may be distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, and may be of a different material, but is integral to the packaging unit and its functioning and does not need to be separated from the main packaging unit in order to consume the product and is typically discarded at the same time as the packaging unit, although not necessarily in the same disposal route;is recommended to be disposed together with the main body of the packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 723 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘separate component’ means a packaging component that is distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, which may be of a different material, that needs to becan be manually disassembled completely and permanently from the main packaging unit in order to access the product, and that is typically discarded prior to anbody of the packaging by the end consumer, and that is recommended to be disposed separately from the main body of the packaging unit;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 733 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
(38) ‘secondary raw materials’ means materials that have been obtained through recycling processes and can substitute primary raw materials;deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 741 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
(39a) “recycled content in plastic packaging” is the amount of material contained in the packaging obtained from any recycling process of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, whether to be recycled mechanically, physically or chemically.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 746 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 b (new)
(39b) 'pre-consumer plastic waste' means plastic waste that is generated from production and converting of plastic material.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 783 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The definitions of ‘substance of concern’ and ‘data carrier’ laid down in Article [2 points (28) and (30)] of Regulation [Ecodesign for sustainable products] shall apply;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 799 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. In addition to the labelling requirements laid down in Article 11, Member States may provide for further labelling requirements, for the purpose of identifying the extended producer responsibility scheme or a deposit and return system other than those referred to in Article 44(1).deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 812 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Any additional Member State information and labelling requirements that go beyond the requirements of this Regulation shall not be considered as mandatory but used on a voluntary basis.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 816 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be so manufactured that the presence and concentration of substances of concernthat meet the criteria in Article 57 and identified in accordance with Article 59(1) in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight (w/w) as laid down the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as constituents of the packaging material or of any of the packaging components is minimised, including with regard to their presence in emissions and any outcomes of waste management, such as secondary raw materials, ashes or other material for final disposal.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 821 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice toOther than the substances criteria laid down in Article 5(1), shall be applied the restrictions on chemicals set out in Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or, where applicable, to the restrictions and specific measures on food contact packaging in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, the sum of concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium resulting from substances present in packaging or packaging components shall not exceed 100 mg/kg.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 843 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5)by CEN - European Committee for Standardization shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 875 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is designed for recycling or, for compostable packaging, is compliant with point a), b) and c) of Annex III;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 894 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) except for compostable plastics, it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primarya raw materials;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 910 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 934 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shall, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated actsCEN standards, where applicable, adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated actCEN standards adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated actstandards, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (e).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 953 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
TWhitin 12 months from the adoption of the Regulation the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in close cooperation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 58 to supplement this Regulation in order to establish design for recycling criteria and recycling performance grades based on the criteria and parameters listed in Table 2 of Annex II for packaging categories listed in Table 1 of that Annex, as well as rules concerning the modulation of financial contributions to be paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations set out in Article 40(1), based on the packaging recycling performance grade, and for plastic packaging, the percentage of recycled content. Design-for- recycling criteria shall consider state of the art collection, marketing and consumer acceptance criteria, sorting and recycling processes and shall cover all packaging components.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 974 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in close cooperation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 58 to amend Table 1 of Annex in order to adapt it to scientific and technical development in material and product design, collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1027 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) detailed design for recycling criteria including material specific requirements on the quality of recycling, where and when needed, for each packaging formaterial and category listed in Table 1 of Annex II;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1052 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Where use is made of this derogation, innovative packaging shall be accompanied by technical documentation, referred to in Annex VII, demonstrating its innovative nature and showing compliance with the definition in Article 3(347) of this Regulation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1057 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1062 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1065 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1074 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. outer packaging as defined in Article 1, point (24), of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point (26), of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in cases where such packaging is necessary to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product. Should the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article be delayed, a presumption of compliance with the points a) and e) of paragraph 2 shall apply to all packaging placed on the Union market until such delegated acts are adopted.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1112 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1116 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % for contact sensitive plastic packaging made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the major component;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1146 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1175 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1187 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1198 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1213 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging. as well as to inks, adhesives, varnishes and coatings used on packaging. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1230 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation, compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1232 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1240 #

2022/0396(COD)

6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled content used in the packagingtaking into account the cost of packaging waste management and the revenues from sales of secondary materials.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1246 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3). The implementing acts can specify that calculation of recycled content from packaging covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food is only included in the calculation of recycled content if the packaging application is also covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1287 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall assess the need for derogations from the minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, or for the revision of the derogation established under paragraph 3 for specific plastic packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1309 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for derogations from the scope, timing or level of minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, and, as appropriate,
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1312 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1347 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By 2030 [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities and therefore allowed to be collected in bio-waste receptacles.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1362 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1363 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are available to ensure that packaging referred to in paragraph 1 enters the organic waste management stream, Member States are empowered to require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be made available on their market for the first time only if it can be demonstrated that those lightweight plastic carrier bags have been entirely manufactured from biodegradable plastic polymers, which are compostable in industrially controlled conditions.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1372 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States which have transposed Article 22 of Directive 2008/98 and have appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are empowered to require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions. The same provision shall apply to compostable packaging formats.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1378 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. By [OP: Please insert the date = 24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], packaging, labeled as compostable, other than that referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including packaging made of biodegradshall comply with the criteria listed in Annex III. Packaging made with compostable material that is not labele plastic polymers,d as compostable shall allow material recycling without affecting the recyclability of other waste streams.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1381 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By [OP: please insert the date = 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation] compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1383 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. TAfter an assessment of the Expert Group, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by addingdd other types of packaging to the types of packaging covered by those paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article when it is justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments impacting the disposal of compostable packaging and under the conditions set out in Annex III. A public register containing the lists of such applications should be established and updated by the Commission.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1390 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be collected and managed by a dedicated extended producer responsibility scheme.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1402 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionalitys, as listed in the definition of packaging in Article 3(1), taking account of the material that the packaging is made of and its design, for a given material and a given shape.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1422 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin, shall not be placed on the market, unless the product or packaging design is subject to intellectual property protection or benefits from the Union's geographical indications of origin protection or have been given distinctive product recognition by the Union, in each case protected under Union legislation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1432 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
EBy 1 Januart 2030, empty space shall be reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring the packaging functionality as follows:
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1437 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of assessing the compliance with this paragraph, space filled by paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene, styrofoam chips or other filling materials shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1445 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the identification of the design requirements, including those related to intellectual property rights , which prevent further reduction of the packaging weight or volume, for each of these performance criteria;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1465 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it has been conceived and designed to accomplish as many trips or rotations as possible in normally predictable conditions of use;deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1498 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
From [OP: Please ins36 months aftert the date = 42 months after the entry into forceadoption of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 5 and 6, information ofn this Regulae material composition], of packaging shall be marked with a label containing information on its material composition. This obligation does not apply to transport packagingon the packaging or shall be available through digital means according to art 11(4), to facilitate sorting by citizens. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging, to packaging mentioned in Article 7, paragraph 3 and to reusable gas receptacles. However, it applies to e-commerce packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1530 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Regul36 months after the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 5, information], on packaging shall bear a label on packaging reusability andreusability shall be marked on a label on packaging or shall be available through a QR code or other type of digital data carrier that provides further information on packaging reusability including the availability of a system for re-use and of collection points, and that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified and distinguished from single use packaging at the point of sale.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1541 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, information should be conveyed to consumers via digital means of communication (e.g., website, QR code) or they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1547 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the information referred to in paragraph 1 to 3 may be provided by electronic means identified on the package or on a label attached thereto.In such cases, the following requirements apply: (a) no user data shall be collected or tracked; (b) the information shall not be displayed with other information intended for sales or marketing purposes.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1550 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where Union legislation requires information on the packaged product to be provided via a data carrier, a single data carrier shall be used for providing the information required for both the packaged product and the packaging. From [Please insert the date = 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt guidance regarding provision of information by digital means.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1557 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. By [OP: Please insert the date = 18 2 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish a harmonised label and specifications for the labelling requirements and formats for the labelling of or the digital provision of information related to packaging referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the labelling of waste receptacles referred to in Article 12. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1562 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. By [OP: Please insert the date = 124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the methodology for identifying the material composition of packaging referred to in paragraph 1 by means of digital marking technologies. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1574 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Packaging included in an extended producer responsibility scheme or covered by a deposit and return system other than that referred to in Article 44(1) mayshall be identified by means of a corresponding symbol throughout the territory in which that scheme or system applies. That symbol shall be clear and unambiguous and shall not mislead consumers or users as to the recyclability or reusability of the packagingharmonised symbol to be established via an implementing act by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59 (3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1580 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Packaging referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, manufactured or imported before these deadlines, may be marketed until the stocks of the products are exhausted.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1607 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. Manufacturers shall indicate on the packaging or on a QR code or another data carrier their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark as well as the postal address, and where available, the electronic means of communication, where they can be contacted. Where that is not possible, the required information shall be provided as part of the information through the QR code referred to in Article 11(2) or the data carrier referred to in Article 11(4) or in a document accompanying the packaged product. The postal address shall indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted. Such information shall be clear, understandable and legible.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1630 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Importers shall indicate on the packaging their name and their registered trade name or registered trade mark as well as the postal address, and, where available, the electronic means of communication, where they can be contacted. Where that is not possible, the required information shall be provided via the data carrier or in a document accompanying the packaged product. The contact details shall be clear, understandable and legible.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1643 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 13(5) and (6) and Article 16(3) respectively.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1666 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators who supply products to a final distributor or an end user in grouped packaging, transport packaging or e-commerce packaging, shall ensure that the empty space ratio is maximum 40 %inimised subject to the provisions within Part 1 and Part 2 of Annex IV.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1684 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Space filled by filling materials such as paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene or Styrofoam chips, shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1697 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Restrictions on use of certain packaging 1. Economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in Annex V. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in point 3 of Annex V as of 1 January 2030. 3. Member States may exempt economic operators from point 3 of Annex V if they comply with the definition of micro- company in accordance with rules set out in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361, as applicable on [OP: Please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and where it is not technically feasible not to use packaging or to obtain access to infrastructure that is necessary for the functioning of a reuse system. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend Annex V in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress with the objective to reducing packaging waste. When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall consider the potential of the restrictions on the use of specific packaging formats to reduce the packaging waste generated while ensuring an overall positive environmental impact, and shall take into account the availability of alternative packaging solutions that meet requirements set out in legislation applicable to contact sensitive packaging, as well as their capability to prevent microbiological contamination of the packaged product.Article 22 deleted formats
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2217 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall reduce the packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated per capita in 2018the year of entry into force of this Regulation as reported to the Commission in accordance with Decision 2005/270/EC, for each of the specific materials contained in packaging waste listed in article 46, by
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2253 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, Member States may use economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, such as measures referred to in Annexes IV and IVa to Directive 2008/98/EC, or other appropriate instruments and measures, including incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes and requirements on producers or producer responsibility organisations to adopt waste prevention plans. Such measures shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and be designed so as to avoid barriers to trade or distortions of competition in conformity with the Treaty and with Article 4 of this Regulation.
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2271 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first timethe home country. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2305 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2352 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2353 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2711 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 2 a (new)
Indicative parameters that may be considered when developing design criteria for recycling under Article 6: 1. Additives 2. Labels 3. Closure systems and small parts 4. Adhesives 5. Printing inks 6. Colours 7. Material composition 8. Barriers / coatings 9. Ease of dismantling
2023/05/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 46 #

2022/0000(INI)

Fa. whereas some European production sectors have been economically damaged by the Ukrainian crisis, there is a need for an extraordinary financial intervention in favour of the most affected companies;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) maintroduce qualified majority voting for certainain unanimity voting in the Council for all foreign policy areas, as already provided for in the Treaties, and strive to extend it in order to increase the effectiveness of EU foreign policyso as to safeguard the sovereignty of Member States to determine their own foreign policy based on their national interests;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) increase the EU’s strategic sovereignty in specific areas that are fundamental to its continued pre-eminence on the international stage, for example investing more resources in the development of the most advanced technologies by achieving full security of energy supply, energy diversification and energy independence, prioritising the reduction of energy dependencies, ensuring supply chains are diversified and that there is reciprocity in trade exchanges, and ensuring the Union has food and agricultural sovereignty;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) fight and counter propaganda and disinformation campaigns used by totalitarian regimes, in Europe, its neighbourhood and around the world;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 220 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) remain cognisant of the fact that the security of Member States is best guaranteed through NATO defence cooperation and that any EU efforts relating to defence should not duplicate the obligations under NATO; remind Member States to meet their financial and other commitments in accordance with their obligations under the NATO Treaty;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 241 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) increase funding for the implementation of missile deterrence systems and active and passive protection;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, in the aftermath of recent tensions between the EU and Turkeyarising from the growing aggressiveness of Turkey towards the EU, particularly in relation to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the European Council offered to nurture a more positive dynamic in EU-Turkey relations by expressing readiness to engage with Turkey in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner in a number of areas of common interest;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas being a candidate country presumes a bounden willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EU; whereas an analysis of the EU’s reports in recent years reveal that Turkey’s distance from the EU’s values and its normative framework is still considerable and is even growing in fundamental areas such as the rule of law and human rights; , human rights, and secularism of the state, while without any prospect of accession, the application letter submitted by Turkey in 1997 should be declared null and void; whereas there is therefore no sense in continuing the accession negotiations with Turkey, which should instead be terminated immediately;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas over the past year, EU- Turkey relations have on average remained stablebeen strongly coloured by the often provocative conduct of Turkey, asnd enhanced cooperation and dialogue on a number of issues have coexisted with regular conflicts; whereas this report reflects this situation by welcoming positive developments and pointing to further potential in the relationship, while signalling remaining problems, in particular as regards the rule of law and fundamental rights;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas Sedef Kabas, a Turkish journalist jailed for reciting a proverb, is accused of targeting President Erdogan with a proverb that she quoted on live television on an opposition-linked TV channel; whereas she denies the charge and, if convicted, this charge carries a prison sentence of between one and four years;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. Whereas an arrest warrant was issued by a Turkish court for Olympic swimmer Derya Büyükuncu and seven others for a comment he made to an Erdogan’s tweet. Whereas according to various Turkish media, Büyükuncu is accused of having "insulted Erdogan": insulting the president in Turkey is subject to criminal charges under the controversial Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), a crime for which one risks up to 4 years of imprisonment;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its concern about the persistentgrowing distance between the EU and Turkey, despite it being a candidate country, in terms of values and standards, and the continuing lack of political will to carry out the necessary reforms to address, in particular, the serious concerns about the rule of law and fundamental rights that continue to negatively affect the accession process; considers that, without clearimmediate, clear and visible progress in this field, Parliament canmust not envisage any resumption of accession negotiations with Turkey, which have effectively been at a standstill since 2018; urges the Council and the Commission to end irrevocably all negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the EU;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Asks the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission Legal Service to give an opinion on closing the accession negotiations with Turkey, with the aim of reversing the 1999 Council decision to declare Turkey's eligible to join the EU;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes, however, that there has been a slight improvement over the past year in overall EU-Turkey relations, which have on average remained stable, as enhanced cooperation and dialogue on a number of issues have coexisted with regular conflicts; expresses its hope that this pattern of ‘conflictual cooperation’ can be overcome and replaced with a more positive dynamicalternating conflicts;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its firm conviction that Turkey is a country of strategic relevance in political, economic and foreign policy terms, a partner that is key for the stability of the wider region, and an ally with which the EU wishes to pursue the best possible relations; welcomes, in this view, the recent statements expressed at the highest level by the Turkish authorities about the recommitment of the Turkish Government to the EU path, but urges the Turkish authorities to put their words into acurges the Turkish authorities to demonstrate tangible commitment to becoming a more democratic country and thus to the values of Europe, and to put an end to all provocations and demonstrate this commitment with specific facts and decisiongainst EU Member States;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the crucial area of fundamental rights and freedoms, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations with the EU and stresses that for Parliament, it remains the main obstacle to further progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey; calls on Turkey to launch investigations into the cases of Simoni Diril, who was found dead near her home in the Sirniak region in March 2020, and of her husband Hurmuz, whose children have not received any information about since 11 January 2020; both Christians were abducted at that time, and the Turkish justice system refused to open a proper investigation;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes with great concern that the Turkish authorities have opened more than 160,000 investigations into alleged insults since Erdoğan became president in 2014, and more than 3,600 people have been convicted under the controversial law, including the recent situation involving the Olympic swimmer Derya Büyükuncu. Deplores that even the most minor criticism of Erdoğan or his government is perceived as an insult;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Asserts that the continued prosecution, censorship and harassment of journalists and independent media remains an issue of concern; regrets that tens of thousands of Turkish journalist have been charged and sentenced over the crime of insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the seven years since he became president, including the most recent case of Sedef Kabas, a Turkish journalist jailed for reciting a proverb;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 354 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Deplores the decision taken by Turkey to convert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque; points out that determining to do this distances the European Union and Turkey considerably further;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 379 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Commends the efforts made by Turkey to continueNotes Turkey's commitment to hosting the largest refugee population in the world; welcomes, in this regard, the continued provision of EU funding for refugees and host communities in Turkey, and expresses its commitmentCalls on Turkey, however, not to use the Refugee Facility (FRT) and the threat of unbearable migratory pressure to challenge and blackmail the EU and its Member States in order to secure greater leverage for political, economic or military concessions, to sjustain this support in the future; ify its aggressive behaviour towards EU Member States or to pursue its foreign policy ambitions;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 394 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Deplores Turkey’s blackmailing approach of using the migration crisis to demand an increase in financial resources from the European Union;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 423 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that Turkey can pursue its own foreign policy in line with its interests and goals, but expects this policy to be defended through diplomacy and dialogue based on international law and, as a candidate country, to be increasingly aligned with that of the EUfor it not to conflict with that of the EU or of its individual Member States;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 431 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges Turkey not to intervene in areas of the Mediterranean which are already under severe tension, such as Libya, in order to avoid a deterioration in difficult situations whose repercussions spill over into Europe;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 486 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Deplores Turkey’s military intervention in the Artsakh war of 2020 and calls on the government in Ankara to respect the entreaties and requests of the Armenian majority in the area;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 487 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Reiterates its call expressed in its resolution of 15 April 2015 and strongly urges the Turkish government to recognize the Armenian genocide;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 527 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for keeping the accession process andare key elements in EU-Turkey relations; reaffirms its value-based approach as the main framework for EU-Turkey relations, as it is still the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility ofconsiders that both sides could reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of this framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploringadopt other possible models for future relations;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 553 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that the varying priorities of the EU institutions set out in the existing frameworks governing EU-Turkey relations make it very difficult to, and considers this prohibits finding an effective way to move forward; deplorestakes note of the lack of a long-term strategy, a coherent policy and consistent leadership towards Turkey in the EU and among all its institutions;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2021/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls to the need for laws on gas and electricity, renewables, energy efficiency and climate, and to step up environmental and nature protection in order to ensure energy security, especially for the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
2022/05/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2021/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to safeguard the rights of minorities and inclusion of vulnerable populations; calls for stronger country-wide human rights and anti- discrimination strategies; urges the prevention and proactive prosecution of hate crimes, hate speech and disinformation as well as gender-based and sexual violence;
2022/05/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #

2021/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. DeplorNotes the failure of the authorities to addrcombat illegal migration; notess theat BiH servere migration-related humanitarian crisis; res as a transit corridor for illegal migrants and that the large population movements in recent years pose an enormous challenge for the country in combating the smuggling of illegal migrants; calls for increased information exchange and better coordination between BiH and the EU and tis Member States; calls on the need for solidarity-based solutionEU and its Member States to provide more assistance in combating illegal migration; calls for effective EU external border management in the face of a renewed wave of migration from Afghanistan to Europe; stresses in this con migration and asylum, ensuring adequate humanitarian assistance and appropriate reception capacities across the country; welcomes the opening of the EU-funded centre in Lipa; text that the EU and its Member States, especially those bordering BiH, have an obligation to ensure external border management and to prevent further mass migration by illegal migrants; also stresses that the issue of returns of illegal migrants is crucial and that further establishment of refugee camps at the EU's external border must be prevented; notes that it is above all the Bosnian population, especially in the region around Bihać and Velika Kladuša, who are suffering as a result of rampant crime; stresses in this connection that migrants who have committed criminal offences must be deported immediately by the authorities;
2022/05/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas China’s rapid military build-up, coupled with its increasingly assertive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region and its military activities in the East and South China Seas, as well as its deliberate and repetitive violations of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone and its increasingly aggressive rhetoric and media campaigns, are leading to rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific; whereas China's posture signals a willingness to breach peace and tranquillity in a period replete with events of a decisive nature such as climate change, pandemics and disruptive technologies; whereas the EU should be prepared to implement military crisis scenarios with allies and partners in case of a “Taiwan incident” with China; whereas is in the EU interest to consider Taiwan’s democratic life as first line of defence against authoritarianism;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas foreign direct investments (FDI) in strategic sectors have been a growing cause for concern in recent years also in the Indo-Pacific; whereas this kind of investments could push countries into so-called debt traps, destabilizing the region;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas China promised both Kiribati and the Solomon Islands unprecedented development opportunities to strengthen its influence in the Pacific, offering grants and loans in return for recognition;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the EU’s determination to promote an open, stable, multipolar and rules-based regional security architecture, based on respect for democracy, the rule of law, human rights and international law, and including secure sea lines of communication, capacity-building and an enhanced naval presence, in accordance with the legal framework established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); urges the EU to further engage with the countries and organisations of the Indo-Pacific to foster and further build inclusive and effective partnerships, and, therefore, strengthen multilateralism via the UN and other international organisations; recalls that non-compliance or an explicit violation of these values and principles would have negative repercussions on the EU’s engagement in bilateral and regional partnerships;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the very timely new EU- US dialogue on China and the establishment of EU-US consultations on the Indo-Pacific, and calls for a coordinated approach towards strengthening multilateral institutions and regional organisations, promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law and enhancing democratic resilience in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the fundamental role that connectivity plays in the geopolitical relations of the EU and its Member States, and welcomes the announcement by Commission President von der Leyen to present the EU’s global gateway strategy; as well as the conclusion of the 13th Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit on the promotion of data security, data free flow with trust, legal frameworks for privacy and data protection, thus minimizing the risk of conflict stemming from the use of ICT;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the well established cooperation between the EU and Japan in the area of security and defence, and urges both partners to further advance the strategic partnership; calls for both partners to enhance cooperation in the area of maritime security and to further develop cooperation within the framework of the common security and defence policy (CSDP) in areas such as intelligence and capacity-building; welcomes Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) as platform for creating a favorable security environment in the Indo-Pacific region, where there remains a range of security challenges;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the commitments by the EU and India in the area of security and defence, and their recent launch of a dialogue on maritime security; invites both parties to further strengthen their operational cooperation at sea, including sharing defense intelligence, joint naval exercises and port calls, as well as actions to protect the sea lines of communication;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 216 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the positive role Taiwan plays in fostering peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region; praises Taiwan’s political example in countering coercive economic, defence, cyber and hybrid threats originating from China; invites the EU, its member States, allies and partners to keep showing support for Taiwan, underscoring Taiwan’s value as a reliable international partner;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. stresses the Chinese responsibilities in the Solomon Islands' recent unrest and violent protests, that prompted Australia, under a bilateral security treaty, to send police and soldiers to help keep order; underlines that Chinese growing expansionism creates geopolitical tensions which do not match its rhetoric about promoting regional peace and prosperity;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 303 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Highlights that distortions in international market on trade and industrial sectors such as space and defence, shipbuilding, semiconductors, steel and aluminium among others, represent a growing source of tensions due to excess capacity and unfair competition, potentially harming trust and cooperation with partners and rivals in a multipolar Indo-Pacific
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2021/2231(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas a sustainable normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan requires that all violence cease and that all the root causes of conflict be addressed in order to thus ensure the development of both countries;
2022/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2021/2231(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly condemns the clashes that erupted on 12 September 2022 and their consequences for the peace process; reiterates that the territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan must be respected andby all stakeholders, including Turkey and Russia; underlines the EU’s readiness to be more actively involved in settling the region’s protracted conflicts;
2022/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2021/2231(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EU’s passive stance during and immediately after the 2020 war gave other regional actors, such as Russia and Turkey, the opportunity to gaincontinue to exert their influence; strongly supports, therefore, the initiative taken by the President of the European Council Charles Michel to convene and mediate bilateral meetings of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels and encourages the work of the EU’s special representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia; urges the governments of both countries to fully engage in the drafting of a peace treaty and welcomes in this regard the meeting of the foreign affairs ministers of both countries on 30 September in Geneva;
2022/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian genocide,
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas more than 300 people were killed since the renewal of the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; whereas footages were released of multiple acts of torture, mutilation and execution of Armenian prisoners by the Azerbaijani armed forces;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2021/2230(INI)

-Ab. whereas Turkey stands by the Republic of Azerbaijan with all its economic, security, political, and military facilities; whereas Turkey is the most important supporter of Baku in the border dispute; whereas, according to intelligence reports, Syrian fighters from jihadist groups have transited through Gaziantep, southeaster Turkey, to reach the Nagorno-Karabakh theatre of operations;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in the past, the Armenian people have previously been the victims of terrible violence and abuses, most notably the horrific genocide of 1915;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is committed to promoting a South Caucasus region thatsecurity, stability and peace are essential for the South Caucasus, so that appropriate relations with the EU and its secure, stable, peaceful and prosperousMember States can be further cultivated in this region;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas a sustainable normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan requires that all violence cease and that all the root causes of conflict be addressed to achieve lasting peace as soon as possible;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Turkey has not yet recognized the Armenian genocide;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to fully implement the tripartite ceasefire agreement of 9 November 2020 and to urgently implement measures to prepare their respective populations for peaceful coexistence; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to avoid using inflammatory rhetoric which threatens toput an immediate end to the use of propaganda that is likely to only undermine the peace process;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU to condemn more explicitly any future ceasefire violations or aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia and not to use ideological or even geopolitical scales to do so;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the footage that has appeared depicting the torture, mutilation and killingthe murder of an Armenian servicewoman and unarmed Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani armed forces; calls for a full and impartial investigation of the videos to identify those responsible and hold them accountable for their actions;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly insists that Azerbaijan and Armenia refrain from destroying cultural, religious or historical heritage; recalls that, according to the EU 2021 annual report of 10 March 2022 on the destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh, irreversible destruction of religious and cultural heritage was carried out by Azerbaijan in the region, resulting in the destruction of 89 Armenian churches, 20,000 graves and more than 5,000 tombstones; calls for the restoration of damaged sites in accordance with UNESCO standards and indications; calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to quickly allow a UNESCO mission to visit both countries without preconditions;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 181 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Turkey and welcomes the progress achieved so far; is looking forward to the recognition, on the part of the Turkish authorities, of their responsibility in the Armenian Genocide; calls for the speedy implementation of agreements reached by the special representatives; calls on both sides to engage in the process in good faith and without preconditions;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Condemns Turkey's military support, which actively intervened in the conflict on the side of Azerbaijan; notes that Turkey is in no way a reliable treaty partner that could exert influence within the framework of peaceful coexistence between Armenia and Azerbaijan; condemns further interventions by the Turkish government in the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh; calls in this regard for a reorientation of Turkey's EU accession process, which should be stopped once and for all;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Strongly urges the Turkish Government to recognise the Armenian genocide;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
— having regard to the statement of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 22 August 2022 on the Israeli raids on six Palestinian civil society organisations,deleted
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
— having regard to the statement of the Swedish Government of 30 October 2014 on its recognition of the State of Palestine, as well as to earlier statements of recognition by other Member States,deleted
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the two-state solution, with of the state of Israel and the state of Palestine living side by side, together in peace, security and mutual recognition under the 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states, is the only viable solution to the conflict;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas in the Palestinian leadership has repeatedly called for renewed peace talks leading to apast 20 years the government of Israel called several times for two-state solution, for example in 2006 Prime Minister Olmert made the most far- reaching proposal ever offered by Israel, which was rejected by president Abbas, and in November 2022 former Prime Minister Lapid talked in favour of two- state solution, which has notand all these proposals have been reciprocajected by the Israeli GovernmentPA;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Palestinian leadership has repeatedly called for renewed peace talks leading to a two-state solution, which has not been reciprocated by the Israeli Governmenta peaceful solution to the conflict must be found as quickly as possible;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the leaders of Hamas, which is a recognized terrorist organization, they are calling for one state solution and the consequent destruction of the state of Israel, which is a cause for preoccupation;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the PA has not yet definitely cut the links with the extremist organizations and with the terrorist groups in the entire region, either inside and outside the Palestinian territories, Israel and the other countries;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas the influence of the Iranian terroristic regime is still very strong on the PA, and keep representing a serious threat to the peace and stability in the region;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas European development partners (the EU, its Member States, Norway and Switzerland) are by far the largest donors and disburse EUR 1.2 billion annually in official development assistance to Palestine; whereas despite this major contribution, some Palestinians are still more focused on endless conflict than on developing their own land;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the PA is not showing any form of serious accountability on how the EU funds are spent;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas the hate speech and content is still very present in several forms in the Palestinian textbooks;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
F b. Whereas the behaviour of several PA leaders is still oriented to the propagation of a narrative based on hate and violence, as showed during the last intervention of the PA President in Berlin;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee concluded that Palestinian institutions are ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of Palestine has deteriorated owing to the ongoing occupation and internal problems, as well as worsening rule of law and corruptiontakeover by the Hamas terrorists, as well as the infamous, scandalous and unpunished worsening rule of law in the Palestinian Authority;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas the lack of elections is due to the inability and not real commitment to have free elections showed by the PA;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas Israel is providing valuable jobs to several thousands of Palestinians;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. Whereas it is recognized that the main reason for the deterioration of the social and economic conditions in the Palestinian territories is related to the corruption of the PA;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reiterate the EU’s strong support for the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflict, with the state of Israel and the state of Palestine living side by side, together in peace, security and mutual recognition under the 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both statesa peaceful solution between the state of Israel and Palestine;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i (new)
(i) condemn Hamas and its constant terrorist attacks against the Israeli people;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) continue to underline that Israeli settlements in the oPt are illegalcontested; call for an end to all terrorist actions that undermine the viability of the two-state solution on the groundsafety of civilians;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) underline the importance of the condemnation of hate speech and violent behaviour by the PA Authorities;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free and fairdemocratic national elections, excluding terrorist groups from standing, in order to strengthen the legitimacy of the Palestinian political leadership; call on Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem; promote the participation of youth and women;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strongly call for East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be brought under one legitimate, democratic PA rule; facilitate political consensus and reconciliation among Palestini, isolating the factions that condone violence and political facromoting reconciliations; stress the importance of democratic elections being respected by all parties involved;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) call for the PA to condemn any organizations that have proximity with extremists and terrorists;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) demand that the PA establish independent and reliable mechanisms to investigate occurrences of terrorism, torture or ill- treatment;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) Call for the PA to eliminate any kind of political connection with the terrorist regime in Iran;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) call on the Member States to recognise Palestinian statehood as a way of supporting the objective of achieving a two-state solutionpromote a peaceful solution to the conflict;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) comply with the commitment to fully and effectively implement existing EU legislation and the bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products; demand the adoption of EU legislation banning trade with settlements in the oPt, in compliance with international humanitarian law;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 312 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) express concern about how EU policy and effectiveness of financial assistance in Palestine are undermined by illegal settlements, the Israeli occupation and related restrictions on the Palestinian economy; demand compensation for the demolition of all EU-funded infrastructure in the oPta complex situation linked to security and the constant presence of Hamas terrorists in Palestinian society;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) note that Israel could represent a valuable actor to enhance the level of effectiveness of the EU financial assistance, giving the fact that Israel is representing the only country with an administrative system similar to those of the European Union;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 335 #

2021/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA to meet the increasing needs on the ground but underlines the mandatory revision that UNRWA has to do to the content of the text books, and asks to UNRWA to ensure that no EU public money will be used again to promote hate and violent content in the schools;
2023/02/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) take note ofcondemn the growing activity of terrorist groups in the whole region and in neighbouring countries such as Yemen, and provide tailored and effective assistance to the affected countries in counterending both the immediate effects of this expansion and the root causes of extremism and radicalisation;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) take note of the growing activity of Islamic terrorist groups in the whole region, and provide tailored and effective assistance to the affected countries in countering both the immediate effects of this expansion and the root causes of extremism and radicalisation;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) conclude robust return and readmission agreements with States in the region, and ensure that development aid is made conditional upon the effective implementation of these agreements;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) take note ofexpress its concern about the growing, multifaceted influence of third parties in the region; recognis, notably China, Russia, Iran and Turkey; is worried about the consequences, both at economic and political level, of Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the region, taking into account Russia's renewed interests and its growing expansionism, also militarily, in the Horn of Africa; underline that the increasing presence of actors that do not share the Union`s values, interests and objectives could undermine the EU’s role as a privileged partner and its security;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 242 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) Expresses concerned about the growing influence of China in the Horn of Africa and its interest in securing naval supply lines along the major sea routes between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the tactical moves by the dictatorial regime in Belarus to channel migration flows towards the EU’s external borders, thereby aggravating the situation for neighbouring countries, and in particular Poland, in response to EU sanctions, has triggered a tragic crisis that has aroused great concern;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 243 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AL a (new)
ALa. whereas it is strategically important to ensure political stability in the area, as this is essential for ensuring a constant and continuous energy supply, including for Europe, so as to avert the risk of dangerous energy shortages and ensuing price rises;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 428 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Expresses deep concern about destabilising and terrorist actions by certain countries, notably Iran, in the South Caucasus, and Turkey, in the Mediterranean; strongly condemns any acts of terrorism; welcomes the security cooperation between the EU, its Member States and EaP countries and fully supports the further deepening of counter-terrorism cooperation;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU needs to act on the global stage with a common strategic culture to develop its leadership role and to actively push for the revitalisation of multilateralism guided by its democratic values, the security of its citizens, social fairness and its vision for a sustainable future;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
- achidevising European sovereignty by interlinking the EU’s external actions,U external actions in keeping with the sovereignty of Member States;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesExpresses concern about the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promoting global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. points out that the network connecting people across continents extends along maritime routes and across the ocean floor, where thousands of kilometres of cable carry 97% of data traffic; stresses, therefore, that a new international geopolitical and geo- economic debate concerns infrastructure such as underwater cables, which are essential for improving internet connections and IT data;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesTakes note of the EU’s efforts as a global frontrunner in the fight against climate change and urges the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to propose new initiatives such as the internationalisation of the European Green Deal; believes that the implementation of the European Green Deal will have significant geopolitical consequences and will influence the EU’s relations with some of its partners;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the pursuit of a rapid wholesale transition towards new forms of alternative energy has not properly considered the costs of transition and led to a greater dependency on traditional energy sources from external countries;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the EU to develop global partnerships for the establishment of norms and standards on a rules-based, ethical use of technologies which respect the privacy of individual users, in particular as regards artificial intelligence;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political will of its Member States to jointly agree on and promote their respective interests, EU foreign policy goals and EU security and defence cooperation;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political willConsiders that a common EU foreign policy is not possible, given the different national interests of itsthe Member States to jointly agree on and promote EU foreign policy goals and EU security and defence cooperationhat should be preserved and respected;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the Treaties provide for the possibility to improve decision-making procedures for the CFSP; stresses that unanimity hampers the EU’s ability to act and therefore calls for the Member States to use qualified majority voting for specific aspects of the CFSP; in particular, reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified, however, that in order to preserve the sovereignty of Member States, unanimity must remain the decision-making benchmark in the Council when it comes to foreign and security policy; considers that the interest of Member States are vastly different in light of geopolitical realities and that these interests can only be preserved through unanimity, as any form of majority voting forhas the adoption of sanctions; stresses that the use of Article 44 TEU could improve the EU’s flexibility and capacity to actpotential of ignoring and undermining vital national interests;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Achieving European sovereigntautonomy by interlinking the EU’s external actions
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to ensure its strategic sovereigntautonomy in specific areas that are fundamental to the Union’s existence on the global scene, such as economics, greater energy autonomy, security and technology, and to establish a European Defence Union;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 286 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereigntautonomy in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment of strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, traditions, identity and culture, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation with partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcement that the EU and NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 297 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the needurgency for the Union to develop its technological sovereigntyindependence through the allocation of resources, enhancement of industrial defence capabilities, in particular in emerging disruptive technologies (EDTs), semiconductor manufacturing, and the protection and resilience of critical infrastructures;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the European space sector iscould, if properly developed, be an enabler for achieving EU sovereigntgreater EU autonomy; underlines that space is rapidly becoming a political arena that might reflect geopolitical competition on Earth; supports initiatives aimed at boosting EU space policy, including the ambitious new EU space programme;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 333 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its call for accelerating the enlargement process, with a focus on strengthening democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, as well as fostering reconciliation in the Western Balkans, as prerequisites for durable stability and prosperity; urges, at the same time, that all accession negotiations with Turkey be brought to an immediate and irrevocable close, in view, inter alia, of the risks of the growing Turkish expansionism in the Western Balkans, which is destabilising the region further;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 341 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that the newly adopted Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance 2021-2027 (IPA III) should support a long- term investment in the European future of the region and that the improved conditionality of the instrument should be used effectively to deliver the expected results; reiterates, however, that the unacceptable provocations by the Erdogan regime should not be rewarded with sustained funding under the IPA or any other funding instrument;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 343 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Hopes that third countries do not exploit or use EU funds as a tool for intimidating and blackmailing Member States and the EU;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 383 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned byCondemns the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertggressive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possible;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 386 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proporinsists that all accession negotiations with Turkey be unconditionatelly and irreversible manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possibley terminated;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 474 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission President’s announcement of plans to present a new joint communication on a partnership with the Gulf region; calls for the EU to step up cooperation with Israel and present a coherent strategy for balanced EU engagement in the region, with the promotion of regional security and cooperation as a key strategic objective; reiterates that the EU’s priority is to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as a matter of security for Europe and the region and the only wayin order to stop Iran’s worrying nuclear activities;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 483 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Stresses that the attitude of the Government in Tehran poses a threat to stability in the Middle East;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 493 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines that the situation in Afghanistan is a wakeup call for the EU to deploy its external actions and means; is concerned by the dramatic humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan; stresses the need for those in power across Afghanistan to bear responsibility and accountability for the protection of human life and property and for the restoration of security and civil order; reiterates that Afghan women and girls, like all Afghan people, deserve to live in safety, security and dignity and welcomes the broad international support for their rights and freedoms; calls for the EU to preserve the achievements of the last 20 years and to ensure that Afghanistan does not descend into a safe haven for terrorist groups; calls on the EU to monitor its own borders in order to avert the risk of terrorists reaching our countries; emphasises the importance of cooperating with neighbouring and regional countries to ensure global security and regional stability;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 507 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Highlights India’s rising regional and geopolitical influence; underlines that increased political engagement is required to reinforce the EU-India partnership and unleash the full potential of the bilateral relations; reiterates the need for a deeper partnership based on shared values; points out that the Indian neighbourhood and the Indo-Pacific have increasingly become an area in which China, with is expansionist policy and its goals, is creating growing strategic, geopolitical, economic and commercial challenges;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes with concern that NGOs have played a major role in facilitating human smuggling and that private entities should not be actively involved in carrying out search and rescue missions;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that, according to a recent study published by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, the argument that environmental changes exacerbate violence, conflict and terrorism cannot be proven or confirmed; further notes that the study has found that environmental protection programmes in the Sahel have contributed to exacerbating terrorism that one-size-fits- all approaches to environmental challenges and climate change mitigation are “recipes for disaster”, creating a “fertile ground for terrorist groups” in, for example, Burkina Faso.
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Fully supports the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believe, and the right to manifest and to change or leave one’s religion or belief without fear of violence, persecution, or discrimination; deplores the persecution suffered by minorities on the grounds of belief or religion in many places in the world; condemns the abuse of blasphemy laws to perpetuate discrimination and deplores the use of religion and religious institutions to the detriment of human rights through the persecution, including by legal means, of belief or religious minorities, women and LGBTIQ personsis deeply concerned about the increase in desecration and vandalism of sacred and religious sites; calls on the EU and its Member States to condemn all such actions and stand in defence of the Christian heritage;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 277 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Notes with concern that Christians remain the most persecuted religious community in the world; condemns in the strongest terms the perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists; recognises that expressions of sorrow are inadequate in protecting these vulnerable communities from further violence; emphasises the role EU Member States have to play in condemning and confronting these attacks against communities that share their Christian heritage;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 357 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Underlines Turkey’s role in creating new and escalating existing conflicts in various vulnerable regions; in this regard calls on the EU to permanently terminate accession negotiations with Turkey and to stop all funding to the country effective immediately;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, since there is no unambiguous official definition, at EU level, of female entrepreneurship, many businesses run by women are at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing bonuses, incentives and tax relief, or are even unable to do so, thus losing out on attractive funding opportunities;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 68 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas there are challenges in effectively measuring entrepreneurship in the EU; whereas this is due in part to the current lack of an unambiguous classification that allows companies run by women to be clearly identified;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 163 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to clearly define the concept of female entrepreneurship with a view to simplifying access to finance and other forms of support by removing bureaucratic hurdles, hence ensuring equality between men and women when it comes to the accessing of capital by self- employed workers and SMEs.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 187 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on the Commission to provide for the implementation of instruments and policies to safeguard maternity and prevent this from being an obstacle to participation by women in business activities; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the situation in Libya has further deteriorated since the indefinite postponement of the elections at the end of 2021, deepening the political deadlock and division in the country; whereas this postponement disappointed the more than 2.8 million Libyan citizens who had registered to vote; whereas in the context of multilateralism in crisis, Libya is one of the stages on which the rivalry between Russia and NATO is playing out, behind which lies geopolitical competition between emerging regional powers;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the increasing involvement in the conflict of local and foreign armed groups, as well as foreign forces, poses a threat to the security of Libya and the entire region, and whereas the persistent tensions in the country have resulted in continuous and perilous disruptions to crude oil production, pushing up prices and increasing fears of a slowdown in global demand for fossil fuels;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the increasing involvement in the conflict of local and foreign armed groups, as well as Islamic terrorist groups and foreign forces, poses a threat to the security of Libya and the entire region;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the EU has beenis developing a renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood, and the burgeoning presence in that area of military forces with links to countries like Turkey and Russia pose a constant threat to the stability of the area;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the constant instability of the North Africa area accents the geopolitical importance of an area which is effectively NATO's southern flank; whereas it is therefore necessary to invest time and resources to avoid third-country expansion there;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas migrants, refugees and asylum seekers often become victims of human traffickers and are subjected to violence, arbitrary arrest, detention, extortion, kidnapping for blackmail and exploitation;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, given that Turkey is already using migrants as a means of blackmailing Europe, strengthening Europe's focus on Libya is a priority in order to prevent Turkey from also using the migration routes that transit Libya for its own geopolitical gain;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas Libya is the main country of departure on the Central Mediterranean migration route;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has, perilously, put a brake on the shipment of wheat and other food products that are essential for feeding the peoples of North Africa, and whereas in the past food shortages have already created situations of dangerous instability in that area;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas in recent years the presence of Salafist-jihadi armed organisations in sub-Saharan Africa has grown owing to the gradual spread of Islamic State on the African continent and the well-established presence of groups affiliated with al-Qaeda, and whereas this makes the Central Sahel one of the areas most exposed to the development of jihadist insurgencies, with a risk of jihadi infiltration via the migratory flows transiting Libya;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure a UN-led and Libyan-owned inclusive national reconciliation process is given the strongest support possible in order to deliver longer-term stability and security and lay the foundations for a peaceful and democratic transition that involves all Libyan stakeholderscitizens and which guarantees a proper level of security both for Libya and for Europe;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) increase checks along the routes taken by migrants to prevent Islamic terrorists, who are now active in parts of North Africa, from reaching Europe;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) reinforce the call made during the Paris International Conference for Libya of 12 November 2021 for all mercenaries, foreign fighters, Islamic terrorists and foreign forces to withdraw from Libyan territory;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) demand the annulment of Libya's Memoranda of Understanding with Turkey, which violates International Law;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) encourage the delimitation of Libya's maritime zones in full compliance with International Law;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increase support to the Libyan authorities for the implementation of a comprehensive security sector reform and in the area of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration policies for armed groups and terrorist groups;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) increase the resources for projects to train the Libyan Coast Guard in policing and counteracting human trafficking in the Mediterranean as part of the measures to address irregular migration;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) support the valuable work of the EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya and the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean operation Irini, two common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions, in contributing to sustainable peace, security and stability, in particular through their support for the implementation of the arms embargo imposed on Libya by the UN Security Council; renew, if necessary, the mandate of these two common security and defence policy missions in order to contribute to improving the security conditions on the ground, including by preventing terrorists, human traffickers and armed groups from carrying out cross-borderany type of activitiesy; guarantee that all activities carried out or facilitated by these two missions respect human rights and are in line with international and EU laws, in particular the principle of non-refoulement; conduct and provide Parliament with regular human rights impact assessments of all their activities;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) prevent non-governmental organisations from taking the place of the competent authorities when it comes to the monitoring and control of human trafficking in Mediterranean waters;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) mobilise adequate EU funds under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument to support Libyan democratisation efforts and projects aimed at strengthening the rule of law and, good governance and the combating of irregular migration; ensure that these projects are in line with the priorities of the New Agenda for the Mediterranean and the UN 2030 Agenda;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) urge the Libyan authorities to ensure that European companies operating in Libya can continue to do so safely;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) urge the Libyan authorities to promote and boost investment in infrastructure for the transportation of fossil fuels to Italy and Europe;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) encourage the Libyan authorities to enhance cooperation with neighbourhood countries regarding the creation of safe and legal pathways for migrationon the policing of borders;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) encourage the Libyan authorities to step up the combating and counteracting of human trafficking in Mediterranean waters;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) create new safe and legal pathways for migration to the EU, including by opening new humanitarian corridors and increasing Member States’ resettlement pledges through the Emergency Transit Mechanisms;deleted
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) create new safe and legaldiscourage irregular pathways for migration to the EU, including by opening new humanitarian corridors and increasing Member States’ resettlement pledges through the Emergency Transit Mechanismsby solely guaranteeing humanitarian corridors for refugees fleeing wars and countries where fundamental human rights are not guaranteed;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) establish migrant protection and identification centres, managed by international organisations, on Libya's southern borders in order to prevent the Libyan coast from becoming a point of departure for irregular migration flows;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 288 #

2021/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) actively support the renewal of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya and of the duties relating to illegal trafficking of human beings to Europe;
2022/09/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) - an informal strategic forum between Australia, India, Japan and the US which share security and geopolitical goals - aims at promoting a close cooperation toward realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific;
2021/03/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas India’s neighbourhood and the Indo-Pacific region have increasingly become a space in which China is posing new growing challenges on strategic, geopolitical, economic and trade issues; whereas India has a legitimate interest in ensuring peace and security along its periphery, while China aims at expanding its geopolitical influence on the area for its own interests;
2021/03/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
l) draw on India’s vision and the EU Member States’ existing approaches for the Indo-Pacific region in order to develop a European Indo-Pacific strategy based on EU principles and values; seek coordination of EU and Indian policies towards the Indo-Pacific region; propose the EU and its Member States to follow closely the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) discussions, considering the possibility to request the observer status;
2021/03/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
o) take note of India’s security concerns as regards the expansive policy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); support the resolution of disputes and the upholding of international law on the India-PRC border; underline that India- PRC relationships, taking into account the Chinese expansionism and ambitions, are facing growing challenges on strategic, geopolitical, economic and trade issues;
2021/03/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas health is fundamental to the well-being of Europeans and equitable access to healthcare is a pillar of the EU; whereas safthe pandemic has demonstrated the weakness of European health care systems; whereas safe, innovative, affordable medicines are needed to combat all diseases; whereas patients should be at the centre of all health policies, alongside investment and research;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas COVID-19 has had an impact on people’s health and on the economy; whereas it has highlighted both the EU’s strengths and weaknesses; whereas in order to strengthen the resilience of our national health systems to cross-border threats, more European integcooperation is necessary as well as a greater sharing of epidemiological and health data at European level; whereas a European Health Union, which contributes to an increasingly social Union, is key in this process;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 72 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the pharmaceutical strategy covers the full cycle of medicines, including research, testing, authorisation, pre-and post-marketing pharmacovigilance, consumption and disposal, and contributes to meeting the objectives of the European Green Deal, the digital transformation and climate neutrality;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 134 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that investment in research into and the development of innovative medicines and treatments, as well as access to safe, effective and high-quality medicines, are essential for making progress in the prevention and treatment of diseases; underlines that women are under-represented in clinical trials, resulting in late-stage studies with no sound data on the efficacy or side-effects of a drug in the female population, and that it is therefore necessary to differentiate safety data and analyses by sex;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 221 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the mechanism enforced by Regulation on orphan medicinal products (EC/141/2000)1a and Regulation on medicinal products for paediatric use (EC/1901/2006)1b through funding and public-private partnership projects, especially the relationship between local health authorities, universities and industry; _________________ 1a OJ L 18, 22.1.2000, p. 1–5 1b OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 1–19
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 230 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers that antimicrobial resistance constitutes a serious threat to public health, whose cause should be found above all in the incorrect and superficial use of antibiotic drugs; calls on the Commission and Member States to fund projects aimed at improving diagnostics as well as suggesting a protocol for administrating antibiotics and an awareness campaign for health professionals to encourage more targeted treatment based on patients’ real needs;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 240 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote a well-structured and institutionalised dialogue with the Member States and stakeholders to assess new criteria forhow national pricing, such as whether a product is ‘Made in Europe’, whether the EU invested in the product to support research, or whether prices should be adapted to may encourage investment in R&D in the EU, and guide a harmonised transformation towards an approach based on results and on the basic and most extensive needs of the population, considering the value of the therapeutic benefit of the medicine, and the primary and broader needs of the population;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 271 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to review the incentive system, increase price transparency, while taking into account the overall R&D efforts of the pharmaceutical industry and its implicit failure rate, highlight the causes limiting affordability and patient access to medicinal products, and propose sustainable solutions that also promote competition;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 303 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that generic and biosimilar medicines are accessible and affordable treatments and contribute greatly to the budgetary sustainability of healthcare systems; calls on the Commission to introduce measures to support a greater market presence of these medicines and to harmonise at EU level the interpretation of the so-called Bolar provision concerning possible exemptions from the legal framework for the Unitary Patent system for generic drug manufacturers; further calls on the Commission to design rules for the industry that promote research, development and the production of generic and biosimilar medicines in the EU and to propose EU protocols for the interchangeability of biosimilar medicines;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 311 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines that biosimilars and generics can be an important component within the pharmaceutical strategy for Europe, however it underlines that there is no identity with the originator, therefore their interchangeability should not be automatic but subject to the evaluation of the physician; pharmacovigilance should be a key tool in the evaluation of biological drugs in terms of efficacy and safety, for which continuous monitoring can provide all the useful elements for decision-making in both clinical and regulatory contexts; highlights the need for an EMA- authorized reference platform for generics and biosimilars;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 351 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of new joint EU public procurement contracts by the Commission and the Member States, especially for; stresses that joint EU procurement should be implemented only in exceptional circumstances and for extraordinary cross-border public health threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, if the purchase of products cannot be secured as efficiently by other means, to ensure patient’s access to emergency medicines and unmet therapeutic needs;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 419 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that a competitive EU pharmaceutical industry is strategic and more responsive to patients’ needs; points out that the industry needs a stable, flexible and agile regulatory environment; believes that it can thrive globally with a clear, robust and efficient intellectual property system; calls on the Commission to establish a unified supplementary protection certificate (SPCs) for the internal market, following the excellent results achieved on national basis; welcomes the initiative to build interoperable digital infrastructure for the European Health Data Space;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 441 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines the key role of medical gases, such as oxygen, in treating patients; calls on the Commission to simplify the procedures for production and distribution of medical gases as part of the revision of Directive 2001/83/EC1c; _________________ 1c OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67–128
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 515 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the fact that gene and cell therapies, personalised medicine, nanotechnology, next-generation vaccines, e-health and the ‘Million plus genomes’ initiative can bring enormous benefits in relation to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment of all diseases; highlights that eHealth, home care, and technological innovation in addition to education campaigns are key weapons in infection control, treatment of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases; urges the Commission to develop appropriate regulatory frameworks, to guide new business models, and to run information campaigns to raise awareness and encourage the use of these innovations;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 532 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to fully implement the Clinical Trials Regulation9 ; welcomes the revision of pharmaceutical legislation to adapt it to cutting-edge products, scientific advances and technological transformation; supports a new framework for the design of innovative trials and the pilot project to adopt a framework for the reuse of off- patent medicines; welcomes the creation of a data monitoring committee exclusively for emergency clinical trials to ensure the human dignity of patients involved in research and to avoid duplication of emergency trials; welcomes the launch of a vaccine platform to monitor vaccine efficacy and safety, supported by an EU- wide clinical trials network; _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC, OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 1.
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 569 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that the term medical device means any instrument, device, item of equipment, software package, implant, reagent, material or other article intended by the manufacturer for use on human beings. If the medical device is to be used alone or in combination with other substances, the Commission is asked to refer to rule 21 in Annex VIII to Regulation 745/2017 on the classification of medical devices;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 614 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the Commission in its efforts to conductachieve a public disclosure, in accordance to Good Clinical Practices, through a structured dialogue with players in the pharmaceutical value chain, public authorities, non-governmental patient and health organisations and the research community, with the aim of protecting the dignity of human beings involved in clinical trials and to address weaknesses in the global medicines manufacturing and supply chain;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 655 #

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need for the pharmaceutical industry to be environmentally friendly and climate- neutral throughout the life cycles of medicinal products; calls on the Commission to strengthen inspection and auditing throughout the production chainidentify a system of incentives and funding for companies to ensure the achievements of such objectives; urges the Commission to ensure quality environmental sustainability standards for active pharmaceutical ingredients imported from non-EU countries; calls on the Commission to address the problem of domestic pharmaceutical waste, with measures to reduce packaging and the size of containers to ensure they are no larger than necessary, highlighting the correlation between packaging and the prescribed treatment, and to bring medical prescriptions into line with real therapeutic needs;
2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1853 #

2021/0420(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 19/23
Add the following to the core network: - Roma - Teramo motorway. - Genova – Pisa – Firenze passengers rail line (high speed)
2022/12/01
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1854 #

2021/0420(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 19/23
Add the following to the extended core network: - Bari - Brindisi - Lecce passengers rail line (conventional) - Bologna - Foggia passengers rail line (high speed) - Pisa – Roma passengers rail line (conventional) - Rosignano Marittimo - Civitavecchia motorway.
2022/12/01
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1855 #
2022/12/01
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1859 #

2021/0420(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section IT
Node name: Pescara Port: Comprehensive
2022/12/01
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 1860 #

2021/0420(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section IT
Node name:Lecce Urban node: X
2022/12/01
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 24 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes strongerNotes conditionality related to democracy, human rights and rule of law under the modernised IPA III; calls on dedicated budget lines fhowever regrets that this instrument is still used to support Turkey under IPA III, which should support Turkish civil society, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy and that has increased its aggressive behaviour, not only in the Mediterranean area, becoming a real threat for many EU Member States;
2021/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses its concern that Turkey, under the leadership of President Erdogan, should be continuing to adopt attitudes and take measures that are contrary to the democratic values of the EU and NATO, causing tension not only in the Mediterranean area but throughout the continent, while at the same time threatening cooperation between the EU and NATO;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 319 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of supporting democratic countries in the Middle East that are victims of terrorist attacks or are facing opposition from authoritarian regimes, in order to strengthen cooperation with these countries, encourage the spread of democratic values throughout the area and contain any moves or steps towards nuclear weapons deployment, for example;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2020/2149(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. NoStates growing instability and the rise of unprecedented challenges in the international environment, which increased demands on the Union to act as a global player; highlights the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) central role in conducting the external policy of the Union; notes that the EEAS’s enhanced role has not been underpinned by a corresponding staff increase; calthat national diplomatic services and embassies are the legitimate representatives of the Member States in connection with fair and balanced international relations; emphasises that it is not the job of the EEAS to take their place; calls therefore for a significant reduction in EEAS appropriations and staff; calls als o for sufficient human resources to be made available in order not to put at risk the Union’s effectiveness on the international scenethe EEAS to end its recruitment and calls on Member States and their diplomatic services to react accordingly;
2020/12/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2020/2136(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Article 50 guarantees the right of every Member State to withdraw from the European Union in accordance with its national constitutional requirements; whereas this right should be respected and Member States should be able to invoke this right without fear of retaliation or hostile behaviour on the part of the European Union or the other Member States;
2021/03/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2020/2136(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that, as per Article 50(2) TEU, withdrawal agreements are to take account of the framework for the withdrawing state’s future relationship with the Union; emphasises that the withdrawal agreement should be negotiated in good faith by both the EU and the withdrawing Member State; emphasises that the EU should not seek to punish the withdrawing State when negotiating the withdrawal agreement;
2021/03/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2020/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Israel is a strategic partner for the EU when it comes both to developing trade cooperation in the area of natural gas imports and to the stepping up of collaboration in connection with the development of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity technologies;
2022/06/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2020/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the United States, in the context of rising energy resource prices, is strengthening its ties with Saudi Arabia, which also highlights for Europe the importance of building important and constructive partnerships with Saudi Arabia;
2022/06/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2020/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses deep concern about a potential nuclear race in the region and calls on the EU to activate all diplomatic efforts to avoid it; calls on Israel to ratify the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
2022/06/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2020/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as a necessary step towards achieving regional stability; calls on the US and Iran to pursue meaningful negotiations with a view to returning to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actachieving stability and security in the region;
2022/06/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 250 #

2020/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Condemns the attacks in Yemen carried out by the Iran-backed Houthi movement, along with the repeated attempts at cross-border attacks on the territory of Saudi Arabia and surrounding countries, which undermine efforts to end the ongoing war in Yemen;
2022/06/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 268 #

2020/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. CNotes the progressive improvements shown by some countries in the region on human rights, but calls on the authorities in the region to uphold the ban on torture as enshrined in particular in the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which most of them have signed and ratified; calls for the abolition of the death penalty throughout the region;
2022/06/23
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, the EUTFs, on the one hand, are not always more efficient than traditional development aid and, on the other, are less transparent;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 51 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas Turkey is using the FRT to challenge and to blackmail the EU and its Member States;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 162 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the EU FRT has proven its value as an innovative pooling tool and important coordinating mechanism for assisting Turkey in swiftly responding to the immediate humanitarian and development needs of refugees and their host communities;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 169 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Questions the legal basis for authorising the establishment of the Trust Funds in its evaluation and implementation between 2014 and 2018 in the absence of sufficient parliamentary oversight during that period;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 200 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Underlines that Turkey, through a continuous instrumentalisation of the refugee crisis, is taking advantage of the RFT in order to obtain some leverage for political, economic or military concessions, to justify its aggressive behaviour towards the EU Member States and to pursue its foreign policy ambitions;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 205 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Recalls that in 2018 the European Court of Auditors severely criticised the management of this fund: lack of communication of the list of final beneficiaries, questionable use of funds or lack of efficiency of humanitarian projects, which raises questions about the extension of this fund until 2025;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 3 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU mandate, adopted by the Council on 25 February, lays the groundwork for a comprehensive new partnership forming a coherent structure and an overall governance framework;deleted
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 12 #

2020/2023(INI)

E. whereas the future agreement should be embedded in an overall governance framework and whereas the Court of Justice of the EU should be the sole body responsible for interpreting EU law;deleted
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 23 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU and its Member States should maintainbe able to defend their funity throughout the negotiations in order to defend the interests of their citizens in the best possible waydamental interests during the negotiations on an agreement with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 37 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that there is a high level of convergence between the negotiating objectives expressed in its resolution of 12 February 2020 and the negotiating directives adopted by the Council on 25 February 2020; emphasiseregrets that the Commission has Parliament’s full support in negotiating with the UK in accordance with the established directives, as all three institutions broadly share the objectives that these negotiations should achievean exclusive negotiating mandate and calls for it to be exercised directly by the Council;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 61 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
(ii) protection of the full integrity and proper functioning of the single market and customs union, the indivisibility of the four freedoms; in particular, the degree of cooperation in the economic pillar should be commensurate with the freedom of movement of people;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 65 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv
(iv) the safeguarding of the EU legal order and the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in this respect;deleted
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 99 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of being ready for the UK’s withdrawal from the internal market and the customs union at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations; stresses that the consequences will be even more significant should no agreement be reached; welcomnotes, in this regard, the Commission’s sector- specific ‘readiness notices’, which seek to ensure that EU industry is ready for the inevitablepotential shock that the UK’s withdrawal from the single market willmight cause;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 155 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the fact that the UK must implement all pre-existing EU restrictive measures and sanctions and any decided during the transition period, must support EU statements and positions in third countries and international organisations, and participate on a case- by-case basis in EU militaMember States must be able to conclude bilateral agreements on defence and on defence industry cooperations and civilian missions established under the CSDP, yet without any leading capacity within a new Framework Participation Agreement, while respecting the EU’s decision-making autonomy and the relevant EU decisions and legislation, including on procurement and transfers in the field of defence; asserts that such cooperation is cond directly and exclusively with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, regardless of respective membership of alliance systems or politioncal on full compliance with intand diplomatic coopernational human rights law and international humanitarian law and EU fundamental right institutions;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 159 #

2020/2023(INI)

12. Takes note that the UK has chosen to establish its future economic and trade partnership with the EU on the basis of a ‘Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement’ as laid down in the UK’s Approach to Negotiations; emphasises that, while the European Parliament is supportive of the EU constructively negotiating a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive FTA with the UK, by its nature an FTA will never be equivalent to ‘frictionless’ trade; shares the Commission’s negotiating position whereby the scope and ambition of an FTA that the EU would agree to is conditional on the UK agreeing to provisions related to the level playing field, given the geographical proximity and integration of markets, as well as on the conclusion of an agreement on fisheries;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 207 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point vii
(vii) there should be opportunities for access to public procurement markets beyond WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) commitments, guaranteeing market access for EU companies in strategic sectors at all levels of government and a degree of openness equal to the EU’s public procurement markets; regrets the fact, in this regard, that the UK’s initial negotiating position does not cover public procurementstates must be able to favour domestic or EU enterprises as regards government procurement access;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 220 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point xi
(xi) in order to safeguard financial and regulatory stability and to ensure the full respect of the EU regulatory regime and standards and their application, prudential carve-out and limitations in the cross- border provisions of financial services are a customary feature of EU trade agreements and, should be included in this one and should be expandable where a Member State so requests;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 231 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point xiii
(xiii) as the FTA would lead to customs checks and verification as soon as goods start entering into the single market, affecting global supply chains and manufacturing processes, customs authorities should be strengthened both with regard to personnel and technical equipment, in order to cope with their additional tasks; accordingly, Member States must be able to freely carry out the necessary checks; the operational procedures of the FTA must be aimed at preserving the rules of the Union’s single market for goods and integrity of the customs union, inter alia by establishing a timely and efficient working arrangement between the EU and the UK in this area; it is of utmost importance to safeguard the compliance of the goods with single market rules;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 290 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the factNotes that the UK negotiating objectives published on 27 February stated that foreign policy will be determined within a framework of broader friendly dialogue and cooperation between the UK and the EU;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 307 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that both the EU and the UK share principles, values andthe Member States and the UK share interests and a commitment to promoting global prosperity, security and effective multilateralism; stresses that it is in both sides’the interests of all to maintain an ambitious, close and lasting cooperation that serves the security of Europe and its citizens and contributes to global stability, the protection of human rights and peace in line with the objectives and principles set out in Article 21 of the TEU and peace;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 322 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the fact that the EU iMember States anre important partners for the UK in foreign and security policy, as the need for common responses to address foreign, security and defence policy challenges is crucial to both sides; encourages the exchange of information and intelligence as well as close cooperation in the areas of illegal immigration, counter-terrorism, space policy, cyberwarfare and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 340 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that it is in the common interest of the UK and the EU to cooperate on the development of effective and genuinely interoperable defence capabilities, including within the European Defence Agency, and to continue the highly valuable partnerships within NATO and EU programmes on defence and exthe Member States and the UK should be able, where appropriate, to establish partnerships through inter-state bilateral and multilaternal security, such as the European Defence Fund, Galileo andframeworks for defence policy, cyber-security and satellite programmes;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 346 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls that a number of restrictive measures (sanctions regimes) are currently in force in the UK under EU legislation; underlines the fact that the UK will still be bound to apply UN sanctions regimes following its withdrawal; calls for the establishment of a proper coordination mechanism for sanctions between both parties in order to maximise their impact and to ensure convergence and that mutual interests are pursued and met in the promotion of common values;deleted
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 384 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises that the Agreement in its entirety should be covered by provisions on civil society dialogue, stakeholder involvement and consultation by both parties; insists on the establishment of domestic advisory groups supervising the implementation of the Agreement;deleted
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 41 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that, based on a human- centric approach, the Union follows a path of responsibility, of protecting our citizens, and of defending our values, whilst fully seizing the opportunities that those technologies offer;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the entire responsibility for the decision to design, develop, deploy and use AI-systems must rest on human operators and the human-in- the-loop and human-on-the-loop principles must also be applied to the command and control of AI-enabled systems depending on the nature of the system and of the mission at hand and without compromising the efficiency of the application; stresses that AI-enabled systems must allow the military leadership to assume its full responsibility and exercise the necessary level of judgment for taking lethal or large-scale destructive action be means of such systems;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the Union must promote understanding the military implications of AI, of robotics and of autonomy; considers that the Union needs to promote the acquisition of the necessary skills and knowledge on technology development processes and operational methods throughout the supply chain and over the full lifecycle of AI-enabled military capabilities, in order to further strengthen Member States' technological sovereignty and strategic autonomy in this domain;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to overcome the current fragmentation within the Union as regards national AI-related law, research, innovation and expertise in the area of AI, which puts in jeopardy the internal market and the objective to ensure trustworthy and secure development of AI in Europe; in this respect welcomes the inclusion of AI- related projects under the European Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP); believes that the future European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) also offer well adapted frameworks for future AI- related projects that would help to better streamline Union efforts in this field, in order to strengthen Member States' technological sovereignty and strategic autonomy in this domain;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that the EU promotes a global and comprehensive discussion on AI military applications and relevant regulatory aspects with NATO, with particular regard to interoperability in the European defence, in order to include AI into the common actions that form part of the Joint Declarations;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the publication of the 20th and 21st annual reports; deplores the late publication of information about exports during 2017 and 2018;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that ten Member States made full submissions to the 20th annual report, and eleven to the 21st; deplores the fact that two of the main exporting countries – Germany and the UK – did not make full submissions;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that Member States use very different information in order to generate data on the value of licences, which renders the annual report considerably less usable as a comparative data set and serves to diminish its transparency and accountability before citizens and parliaments; urges France, in particular, to refrain from submitting data on the value of licences at pre-contract stage and broad values for global licences, which undermines the comparabilStresses that research, development, production, distribution and arms export policies must remain the discretion of the Member States as it is a strictly national prerogative; calls on the Commission, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European External Action Service to consider arms policy from the point of view of exports in particular and acknowledge that defence, in all its aspects, is exclusively the remity of the reportMember States;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, a region of several armed conflicts, remain the foremost regional destination for exports according to the last two annual reports; is concerned that this regional focus undermines the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and specific EU action aimed at regional peace and stabilitya number of EU Member States have been supplying arms to Islamic fundamentalists in Syria and are continuing to do so;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Council’s intention to increase convergence and transparency – the main objectives of its last review of the Common Position;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern the growing divergences between the arms export policies and practices of the Member States and the failure to introduce new instruments to promote convergence towards the strict application of EU rules in this area;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the Council’s decision to introduce a clear reporting deadline for national submissions; welcomes the steps taken towards the online approach and encourages the further development of the latter;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that since the adoption of the legally binding Common Position in 2008, an increasing number of weapon systems produced in Europe are made up of components from multiple countries and involve bi- or multilateral cooperation for technological, industrial and political reasons;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Observes a trend whereby the diverging export policies of the Member States are increasingly considered as obstacles to cooperation projects, which is giving rise to a multitude of bilateral andAffirms its preference for bilateral or multilateral cooperation between EU Member States for the programming of research, development and production in the arms specific agreements on weapon systems that allow for exports to third countries bator; regrets that the cooperation projects proposed onby the least restrictive standards, rCommission exclude bilather than a joint, EU-wide approachal agreements on principle;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that bilateral and multilateral agreements may further reduce convergence at EU level and that the failure to regulate exports uniformly between the Member States and the lack of convergence in export decisions to third countries have a negative impact on human rights and international law, generate market distortions, and hinder industrial strategic planning, economies of scale and a level playing field;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes and deplores the fact that EU funds such as the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR), the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the European Defence Fund (EDF), initiatives such as the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Peace Facility (EPF), legislation such as the intra-Community transfers and defence procurement directives of 2009, and the creation of administrative capacities such as the Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) are heralding an increasing Europeanisation of arms production and capability development;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the fact that the interinstitutional agreement on the establishment of the EDF authorises the Commission to assess whether the transfer of ownership or the granting of an exclusive licence of EDF-co-funded military technology contravenes the security and defence interests of the EU and its Member States or the objectives of the fund as set out in Article 3 of the proposed regulation; notes that this new legislation establishes a specific type of control function for the Commission with regard to a specific category of exports of military technology to third countries;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that under the EPF,Deplores moves by the Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) will work onunder the EPF to creatinge an EU-level system for arms transfers to third countries;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the lack of convergence of national arms export policies and decision-making is becoming increasingly untenable in the context of the prevailing Europeanisation of arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this furtherCalls for the continued development of cooperative projects between European countries on a bilateral or multilateral basis, independently of any supranational entity;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the Europeanisation of arms production needs to go hand in hand with increased transparency; believes that there is still room for improvement in this area, particularly as regards the quality and uniformity of the data submitted by Member States; calls on the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM): a) to add the following additional categories in a revised reporting template in order to implement the recent September 2019 Council conclusions: the exact type of weapon and the quantity exported, denomination of the munitions, the lot size and the specific end-user, revoked licences, and the value and duration of contracts regarding post- delivery services such as training and maintenance; b) to disaggregate data with regard to denial information so as to facilitate the scrutiny of specific shipments or Member States; c) to clarify definitions such as licensed value and actual exports so as to facilitate the comparability of data between Member States;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the decision to transform the annual report into an interactive and searchable online database and expects it to be up and running before publication of the export data for 2019; calls on the EEAS to inform Parliament about the precise date on which this database will go online; urges COARM to chose a solution that enables data to be exported in a structured format;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – introductory part
21. Calls on COARM to work towards amending Article 7 of the Common Position, by calling for an improved exchange of ‘relevant information, including information on denial notifications and arms export policies’ and other ‘measures to further increase convergence’; stresses the need, to this end:
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point a
a) to systematically discuss individual licence requests within COARM, where the receiving destination or recipient has been identified as a risk by one or several Member States or the EEAS; calls on Member States to provide a justification if they decide to grant exports to such destinations;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point c
c) to undertake a joint assessment of country situations or potential export recipients in the light of the principles and criteria of the Common Position within the framework of the CFSP and in consultation with external stakeholders, including Parliament;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 258 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU institutions should organise peer reviews with a view to encouraging authorities to share best practices on the collection and processing of data, fostering a better understanding of different national approaches, identifying differences as regards the interpretation of the eight criteria, and discussing ways to improve harmonisation;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that a much higher level of convergence as regards the strict application of the criteria will strengthen human rights, international law and the CFSP, and bolster the EU’s strategic security interests and strategic autonomy;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that effective end-use controls are crucial for a responsible export policy and for lowering the risk of diversion in particular; calls on the Council, the Member States, the EEAS and the Commission to set up a large- scale training and capacity-building programme for national and EU officials on arms export controls; stresses the need to use EU funding to ensure that sufficient staff resources are available at national and EU levels and at delegations and embassies in importing countries for the purposes of implementing viable end- use controls; calls on the EEAS and COARM to report on iTrace any identified diversion of EU-origin goods as part of the annual report;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that the increasing Europeanisation of arms production, the recent Council conclusions on convergence in arms exports and the establishment of the EPF should be complemented by a mechanism for EU- level monitoring and control based on strict compliance with the eight criteria;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 297 #

2020/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that regular consultations with national parliaments, arms export control authorities, industry associations and civil society are central to meaningful transparency; calls on COARM to enhance dialogue with civil society and consultations with Parliament and arms export control authorities; encourages civil society and academia to exercise independent scrutiny of the arms trade and calls on the Member States and the EEAS to support such activities, including by financial means;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas those countries do not have lasting economic and financial stability and, for the EU, the relationship with the EaP entails a number of difficulties and risks linked to the fragile state structure of those countries, such as corruption, illegal trafficking, terrorism and ethno-territorial conflicts;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas cooperation between the EU and all EaP countries can be achieved and maintained only in so far as those core values and principles are respectedthe difficulties all EaP countries are having in achieving the EU objectives show the limitations of the partnership itself, in particular when it comes to implementing an effective strategy vis-à-vis six countries that are not geographical neighbours and are economically, socially, historically and culturally diverse;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas certain EaP countries chose to pursue a closer political, human and economic integration with the EU by concluding ambitious Association Agreements (AAs) with DCFTAs, as well as visa-free regimes, while other EaP countries preferred to opt for an alternative regional integration model, joining the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU);
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas even more advanced forms of cooperation and integration are possible, provided that comprehensive reforms are implemented in a timely and sustainable manner;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the EU’s Eastern European Partners are still imperilled by unresolved regional conflicts; whereas European action – given the EU’s naturally limited and piecemeal foreign policy, due to the lack of ‘European interest’ in this field – has never been able to resolve or prevent threats to security in the area, but has often served, through economic influence, to gain political benefits and as a tool for exerting pressure and for the geopolitical struggle with other non-EU powers;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
b) acknowledge that those countries that are undertaking comprehensive reforms and taking action to meet the criteria of Article 49 of the TEU may be eligible for EU membership, through a process of gradual integration;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
c) embrace an enhanced and future- oriented vision for the next decadecarry out an in-depth analysis, including at the political level, of the economic performance and geopolitical implications of the EaP, with the aim of ensuring lasting and irreverstangible achievements and deepening EU-EaP cooperation for the next decade;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
e) embark on a process to create a common economic space that facilitates deeper political and economic integration with the EU;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
f) devise additional measures for deeper integration such as in selected EU agencies, intra-EU programmes and initiatives, in full compliance with existing conditionalities and pursuant to the more for more principle;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
g) provide greater financial assistance, including in the context of the external financial instruments that are currently under legislative negotiation; such assistance should be tailored to the specific needs of the individual partners and used to implement activities under the EaP programme;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 296 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
m) acknowledge thatassess whether the m) implementation of the DCFTAs has been sufficiently successful that it may gradually lead to the opening up of the EU single market in line with the implemented EU standards and requirements;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 329 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
q) extend to other associated partners the approach employed by the EU in its efforts to support the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, including by means of tailored and flexible macro-financial assistance and instruments and engagement and coordination of international financial institutions and donors, and by improving the environment for foreign direct investment (FDI);deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 354 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
r) address the EU’s qualified labour shortages by increasing labour mobility from the EaP countries and providing social guarantees;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
s) expand funding for and the participation of the EaP countriesallow EaP countries to participate in educational, professional skills-boosting and exchange programmes such as Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 384 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
t) strengthen intra-EaP academic cooperation by launching an EaP university focused on, in particular concerning good governance and public administration;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 498 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
z) increase the visibility of the support provided by the EU in the recipient EaP countries and boost EU citizens’ awareness about the EaP;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas being a candidate country presuTurkey has no desire to becomes a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EUmember of the European Union;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Parliament should recommend to the Commission and the Council to end the accession negotiations with Turkey;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, in despite of this principled stance by Parliament and all of the current circumstancecurrent developments, the European Council, in its conclusions of 1 October 2020, offered Turkey a renewed and broad positive agenda, provided that constructive efforts are sustained, in a further attempt to restore our relations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, in the light of recent developments, the Council should not only consider to end accession negotiations with Turkey, but also enforce them consistently;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas, as stated by the Foreign Affairs Council of 9 December 2019 and in the European Council conclusions of 12 and 13 December 2019, the Turkey- Libya Agreement constitutes a threat to stability in the region, additionally infringing on the sovereign rights of Member States and third countries and contravening the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas Turkey, as a full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), is through its actions in Syria undermining the NATO alliance and jeopardising the security of Europe;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that Turkey’s continuous and growing distancing from European values and standards has brought EU-Turkey relations to a historical low point, having deteriorated to such an extent that it requires both parties to profoundly reassess the current framework of relationis necessary to end, definitively and irreversibly, Turkey’s EU accession process;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that Turkey’s continuous and growing distancing from European values and standards has brought EU-Turkey relations to a historical low point, having deteriorated to such an extent that it requires both parties to profoundly reassess the current framework of relations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concernedNotes that, over the years, the lack of progress in Turkey’s convergence has now transformed into a full withdrawal, marked by a stark regression in three main areas: backsliding on the rule of law and fundamental rights, adopting regressive institutional reforms and pursuing a confrontational foreign policy; is further concerned bynotes the fact that this regression has increasingly been accompanied by an explicit anti-EU narrative; calls, in this context, on Turkey to reassess the sincerity of its commitment to the EU path, as an indispensable component of the viability of the entire accession process;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2019/2176(INI)

5. Stresses that, since Parliament’s last report, the situation, far from improving, has deteriorated even further; firmly insists, therefore, on the formal suspension ofend of the accession negotiations with Turkey, in order for both sides to review in a realistic manner the appropriateness of the current framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, to explore possible new models for future relations; further calls on the Commission and Council to terminate all funding to Turkey in terms of the pre- accession process, the current and planned MFF, the EU Facility for Refugees, and in terms of the EU-Turkey action plan on migration; calls on the EU, furthermore, to stop all EIB loans to Turkey;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the current lack of understanding between the EU and Turkey, but reaffirms its firm conviction that Turkey isNotes that, in light of the numerous conflicts in which Turkey is involved in Syria, Libya, Cyprus, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Eastern Mediterranean, far from being a strategic neighbour and ally with which the EU wishally’, it is today a major destabilising element and a threat to peace; stresses, to have the best possible relationthis end, that it should be expelled from NATO, whose strategic data and solidarity it uses to pursue its constant bellicose policies;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the currentnotes the lack of understanding between the EU and Turkey, but reaffirms its firm conviction; stresses that Turkey is a strategic neighbour and ally with whichom the EU wishes to have the best possible relationsmaintain good relations, but not at any price;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its will to strengthen and deepen mutual knowledge and understanding between Turkish and European societies, combating all manifestations of social, religious or cultural prejudice; expresses its full commitment to continue supporting Turkey’s independent civil society in whatever circumstances and framework of relations that the future may bring; believes, nevertheless, that the accession process would still be the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure on the Turkish government and the best framework to sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; stresses that a purely transactional relationship will hardly contribute to the advancement of Turkey towards a more democratic model;deleted
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is appalled by the serious backsliding on fundamental freedoms revealing the dire human rights situation in Turkey and the continued erosion of democracy and the rule of law; notes the increase in Turkey in the number of attacks on religious freedoms, particularly against Christians, but also against Alevis and Jews; condemns the decision to turn the Hagia Sofia back into a mosque, like other religious sites, some of which are 1 500 years old;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is appalled bynotes the serious backsliding on fundamental freedoms revealing the dire human rights situation in Turkey and the continued erosion of democracy and the rule of law;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that this fundamental area, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations and that it remains the main obstacle to progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey;deleted
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with deep concern that, despite the formal lifting of the state of emergency in July 2018, its impact on democracy and fundamental rights continues to be strongly felt;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 246 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Deeply regretnotes that this repressive form of rule has now become a deliberate, relentless, systematic state policy, which extends to any critical activities, such as Kurdish activism, or even to events that took place prior to the attempted coup, such as the Gezi protests;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. RegretNotes that the current overly broad anti-terrorism provisions and the abuse of the anti-terror measures have become the backbone of this state policy; reiterates its firm condemnation of the violence by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU list of terrorist organisations since 2002; stresses the Turkish government's closeness to political Islam, in particular to the Muslim Brotherhood, which represents Turkish interests, especially in the EU Member States; calls on the Commission and the Council to ban organisations with relations to political Islam;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Is deeply worried aboutNotes the disregard by the Turkish judiciary of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings and the increasing non-compliance of lower courts with the judgments of the Constitutional Court;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses serious concern aboutNotes the disproportionate and arbitrary measures curtailing freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information; urges Turkey to guarantee media freedom as a matter of priority;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 309 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is deeply concerned aboutCondemns the constant attacks and pressure on the opposition parties, which undermines the proper functioning of a democratic system;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 320 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with great concern the way that the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has been specifically and continuously targeted by the Turkish authorities; strongly condemns the continued detention of former HDP co- chair Selahattin Demirtaş;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 375 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Turkey to protect the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, including women, LGBTI people and ethnic and religious minorities; stresses the continuing difficult situation of Christians in Turkey, who cannot freely exercise their faith due to repression and persecution, and the destruction and rededication of former Christian monuments and churches declared by the Turkish government, such as the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, which threatens to destroy the Christiesan heritage in Turkey forever;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 432 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Is alarmed byNotes the consolidation of an authoritarian interpretation of the presidential system; is deeply concerned aboutfurther notes the continued hyper-centralisation of power in the Presidency, which does not ensure a sound and effective separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches and the judiciary;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 435 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Is concerned aboutnotes the ever more frequent use of a hyper-nationalist -Islamist narrative among the ruling elite that increasingly gives rise to antagonistic approaches towards the EU or its Member States; is concerned about the increasing clout of religious conservatism in political life; further notes the increasing influence of political Islam on political and social life; criticises that political Islam in the EU Member States undermines the rule of law and serves as an extension of Turkish interests in the Member States of the EU;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 479 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the laudable role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takecondemns the viewfact that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both partiTurkey used extortionate methods and puts pressure on Member States, such as Greece and Cyprus, by sending refugees to the EU's external border; calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure effective protection of the EU's external border and to show solidarity with the Member States compliance with ncerned by not sending any furtheir respective commitmentsassistance to Turkey;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 504 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. StresProposes that a modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstances; recalls that the current Customs Union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member Statethe Customs Union Decision which took effect on 1 January 1996 be suspended for a renewable period of six months;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 510 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. StressNotes that a modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstances; recalls that the current Customs Union does not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol towards all Member StatesTurkey has been the only beneficiary of the EU’s trade policy, notably the Customs Union; points out that Turkey has an annual trade surplus with the EU of 14 billion dollars; believes that it is now time, in the interest of the EU economies, to scale back all of these arrangements; rejects, therefore, any modernisation of the Customs Union;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 590 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, especially in the northeast and Idlib, which constitute grave violations of international law; stresses that the Turkish army leadership used Islamist militias, who were responsible for ethnic cleansing, especially against Kurds and the Christian minority in the region;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 616 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls for the suspension of visa liberalisation for Turkey;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 637 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. RegretNotes that, rather than calling for an end to the violence and for a resumption of peaceful negotiations supporting the efforts of the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, Turkey instead decided to unconditionally sustain the military actions of one of the sides in the recent conflict in Nagorno- Karabakh;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 638 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Proposes that the North Atlantic Council henceforth exclude Turkey from its meetings until Turkey ceases to violate the provisions of the North Atlantic Treaty;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 647 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Strongly urges the Turkish Government to recognise the Armenian genocide;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 661 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that it is high time to review the EU’s relations with Turkey and to define a comprehensive, unified and coherent strategy for the medium to long term, among all EU institutions and Member States, which should result in the suspension of the accession negotiations;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 681 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that enhancing communication and dialogue at all levels are key to restoring mutual trust between the EU and Turkey; deplores the continuous and unjustifiedEU-Turkey relations should continue through communication and dialogue at all levels; notes, however, the refusal of the Turkish side to reinstate the normal functioning of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 September 2010, which acknowledged the content of the ICJ opinion and welcomed the EU’s readiness to facilitate dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas since the opening of negotiations with Serbia, eighteen chapters have been opened, two of which have been provisionally closed; whereas in 2020 Serbia did not open any chapter;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the political stability of the country and the large parliamentary majority in support of the new Government are an opportunity to move forward in the accession process, defining new steps in the negotiations with Serbia;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas COVID-19, with the number of daily cases still rising, continues to put enormous pressure on the Serbian healthcare system;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas Serbia is a vital strategic partner for the European Union in the Balkan area;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fact that Serbia has adopted revised Action Plans for Chapters 23 and 24, and Judicial Development Strategy (JDS) for the period 2020-2025 that contributes to the development of the rule of law;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the conclusions of the final report of the OSCE/ODIHR special election assessment mission that the 21 June 2020 parliamentary elections were administered efficiently but that the dominance of the ruling party, including in the media, was of concern; calls on the authorities to address fully all ODIHR recommendations well ahead of the next electionsWelcomes the fact that in the period before the 2020 parliamentary elections, Serbia adopted a number of legal acts (laws, decrees, decisions) and implemented them according to ODIHR/OSCE recommendations relating to the media, voter lists, election administration and misuse of public funds; takes note of the conclusions of the final report of the OSCE/ODIHR special election assessment mission that the 21 June 2020 parliamentary elections were administered efficiently;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the decision by parts of the opposition to boycott the elections, with the risk of undermining the democratic process and de-legitimate the results; stresses that the only way to guarantee political representation for their constituents is by engaging in political and electoral processes; underlines that election results reflect the situation in the country and the political will of the people;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. UrgNotes that the Serbian parliament to adopt constitutional reforms aimed at strengthening the indepGovernment has drafted a proposal for constitutional reforms and has sent it to the competent committee of the Assembly, which should adopt amendmence of the judiciaryts in accordance with the prescribed procedure;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo is a priority and a precondition for EU accession; calls for active and constructive engagement in the EU-facilitated dialogue led by the EU Special Representative seeking a comprehensive and legally binding agreement, in accordance with international law; reiterates its call to move forward with the full implementation, iWelcomes Serbia's active and constructive participation in the Belgrade- Pristina dialogue with an interest of reaching a sustainable solution as well as the implementation of the agreed obligations under the Brussels Agreement; underlines that Serbia, following the imposition of 100% tariffs on goods faith and rom Serbia introduced by Pristin a timely manner, of all the agreements already reachedin November 2018, has not introduced countermeasures to the Pristina authorities;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 284 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the progress Serbia has made in the development of a functional market economy; invites Serbia to continue its efforts to boost competitiveness and long-term and inclusive growth through structural reforms; underlines that fostering a stronger economic performance is fundamental to realize a progressive convergence towards EU- income levels and consequently eliminate any potential burden on the EU budget after becoming a Member State;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 290 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Takes note of the new Government's will to continue working on addressing the challenge of brain drain, with the aim to bring people back making the country more attractive;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 325 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Welcomes the agreement reached on 4 September in Washington between Serbia and Kosovo, considering it to be a key step towards a historic reconciliation and strategic economic stabilisation;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Takes note of Serbia’s decision to sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union in October 2019, which will cease to be valid when Serbia becomes an EU Member State; expects Serbia, however, to align progressively with EU trade policy;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes Serbia’s continued participation in crisis management missions and operations under the common security and defence policy (CSDP) both in terms of quality and in terms of quantity; welcomes the counterterrorism arrangements signed between the EU and Serbia;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 370 #

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Urges Serbia to step up trade with European countries instead of having a worrying dependence, in some areas, on countries outside the Union;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in recent years NATO has decided on several occasions to relaunch the Membership Action Plan (Map) for BiH, namely the reform programme that Sarajevo needs to implement in order to join the Atlantic alliance, which has been at a standstill for some time;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas BiH is a migrant transit route, and reception capacities remain insufficient for hosting migrants and asylum seekers prese for mass volumes of predominantly illegal immigrants that has illegally entered BiH and the EU and its Member States cont in the countryue to face the threat of uncontrolled and illegal immigration;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the current migration situation in BiH is a consequence of the mismanagement of the European migration crisis, which has affected Europe for the past decade;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas President Erdogan, on a recent visit to Bosnia, stated that Turkey could not afford to observe developments in the region from afar, thus confirming Ankara’s interest in the Balkan area;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas China has a strong presence in the Balkans, especially in the energy sector; whereas Beijing is financing the expansion of coal-fired power stations in Bosnia, which is why the Bosnian Government recently approved a state guarantee for a EUR 614 million bank loan from China, precisely in order to upgrade the Tuzla power station; whereas at the same time, China is also supporting the reconstruction of the Stanari thermal power plant in northern BiH;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that countering migrant smugglers and human traffickers activities on the Western Balkan routes is achievable through a strategic cooperation among the police forces and the intelligence agencies between the EU Member States and the Western Balkans States;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 325 #

2019/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the contribution of the BiH Armed Forces in dealing with the humanitarian emergency as example of an effective coordination between civilian and military actors in emergencies. Invites the Government of BiH to adopt humanitarian and disaster plans by drawing on the experience of both Member States and Serbia;
2021/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy;deleted
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality between men and women in terms of leadership and management, staffing, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality between men and women;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the Delegation’s work and are required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal pointensure equal rights and conditions for men and women in the EU Ddelegations’s work;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for equality between men and women for CSDP missions with specific targets;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis of equality between men and women and the systematic integration of a gender perspective of equality between the two sexes constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity of this role and calls for the advisor to report directly to the VP/HR;deleted
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the VP/HR and the EU Member States to include references to UNSC resolution 1325 and follow-up resolutions in CSDP-related Council decisions and mission mandates, and to make sure that all CSDP missions and operations have an annual action plan on how to implement the objectives of GAP III and the EU Action Plan on WPS;deleted
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges.deleted
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2019/2136(INI)

B. whereas the EU’s external action has a direct impact on the wellbeing of its citizens and aims to ensure security and stability while safeguarding the European values of freedom, democracy, equality, security, the rule of law and respect for human rights;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU’s external action has a direct impact on the wellbeing of its citizens and aims to ensure security and stability while safeguarding the European values of freedom, democracy, equality, security, the rule of law and respect for human rights;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the need for a stronger and united and safeguarded Europe when it comes to external relations is more urgent than before;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas new political forcetwork of terroristic groups are pushing for their own global and regional ambitions with unpredictable consequences for global security;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at a moment when competing powers are increasingly challenging the rules-based global order, we, as Europeans, must defend multilateralism, international law, safety for European citizens, democracy and human rights;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 336 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for stronger support to the EU maritime security strategy as freedom of navigation is an increasing challenge; insists that freedom of navigation must be respected at all times;deleted
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 342 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for stronger support to the EU Member States ‘maritime security strategy as freedom of navigation is an increasing challenge; insists that freedom of navigation must be respected at all times, because the defence of the European borders, in the respect of freedom of navigation is an increasing challenge;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 and 11 December 2018,deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
– having regard to the Global Compact on Refugees, affirmed by the UN General Assembly on 17 December 2018,deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
– having regard to its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which in 2018 was awarded to Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director and political prisoner held in Russia,deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Denounces the pushback against multilateralism and the rule-based international order that poses a serious challenge to human rights worldwide; strongly believes in approaches and decisions taken in cooperation in a multilateral framework, particularly within the UN bodies, as the most effective means of serving the interests of humanity, finding sustainable solutions to conflicts and fostering progress in the field of human rights;deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that freedom of speech and expression, as well as media pluralism, are at the heart of resilient democratic societies; urges that the best possible safeguards against disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda be put in place by developing a legal framework both at EU andat international level for tackling hybrid threats, including cyber and information warfare;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly supports the work and efforts of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) in protecting and promoting human rights in the world; underlines the important objective within the mandate of the EUSR to enhance the Union’s effectiveness in this area;deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the EU and the Member States to continue to closely monitor developments that negatively affect governance and civil society space worldwide, and to systematically respond, using all appropriate means, to policies and legislative changes led by authoritarian governments, that are aimed at undermining governance based on fundamental democratic principles and at shrinking civil society space; is of the opinion that synergy between the Commission, the EEAS and Parliament should be strengthened in relation to this matter;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the initial discussions within the Council regarding the establishment of an EU human rights sanctions mechanism, the so-called ‘Magnitsky List’, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals complicit in serious human rights violations;deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the invaluable and essential role that HRDs play at the risk of their lives; recommends strengthening cooperation between the EU institutions and the Member States, enabling them to provide continuous support to HRDs; values the ‘ProtectDefenders.eu’ mechanism established to protect HRDs at grave risk; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish a specific coordinated procedure for awarding visas to HRDs; calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial capacity of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to support HRDs;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 296 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly supports the EU’s strategic engagement for gender equality and its ongoing efforts to improve the human rights situation of women and girls, in line with the 2030 SDGs; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to further contribute to gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, in order to develop and implement new legal frameworks regarding gender equality, and to eradicate harmful practices targeted at women and girls, such as child marriage and female genital mutilation;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Encourages the 11 missing EU Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, known as the Istanbul Convention;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 386 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to step up advocacy in relation to FoRB, and to launch interreligious dialogue with states and representatives of civil society and faith groups in order to prevent acts of violence and discrimination against persons on the grounds of thought, conscience, religion or belief; calls for the EUMember States to continue to forge alliances and to enhance cooperation with a broad range of countries and regional organisations, in order to deliver positive change in relation to FoRB; reminds the Council and Commission of the need to adequately support the institutional mandate, capacity and duties of the Special Envoy for the promotion of FoRB outside the EU;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 398 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Draws attention on protecting the largest persecuted religious minority in the world, the Christians, and that the persecution of Christians is reaching near genocidal levels;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 399 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Draws specific attention to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Africa, and noting that, according to a recent report commissioned by the UK Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt, the overwhelming majority (80%) of persecuted religious believers are Christians; further expresses its concern that whereas a century ago Christians comprised 20% of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, this has now fallen to less than 4%”;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 449 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the urgent need to tackle the root causes of migration flows such as wars, conflicts, persecution, networks of illegal migration, trafficking, smuggling and climate change; calls for the external dimension of the refugeemigration crisis to be addressed, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts through building cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned; insists that the implementation of the Global Compacts on migration and refugees must therefore go hand in hand with the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda as set out in the Strategic Development Goals, as well as with increased investment in developing countries;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 469 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; positively notes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; recalls that the experience gained and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies could make a positive contribution to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide;deleted
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 471 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; positively notes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; recalls that the experience gained and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies could make a positive contribution to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET