Activities of Manu PINEDA related to 2022/2154(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes
Amendments (16)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas respect for civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights is a vital part of any electoral process; whereas it is essential to respect the fundamental freedoms and essential rights – such as the right to a universal, public and free education – that enable people to make free decisions;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas ensuring the participation of women is key to guaranteeing free and fair elections; whereas progress towards gender equality has taken a step backwards;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas media freedom and pluralism are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and information, as well as enablers of democratic, free and participative societies; whereas it is crucial that citizens have access to independent and reliable information; whereas the spread of false information, propaganda and disinformation creates a climate of global scepticism that threatens freedom of information and democratic debate;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the concentration of power of media conglomerates, platform operators and internet intermediaries, and media control by economic corporations and political actors risk causing negative consequences for the pluralism of public debate and access to information and having an impact on the freedom, integrity, quality and editorial independence of journalism and broadcast media;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas transparency of media ownership and funding sources are absolute preconditions for ensuring media pluralism and independent journalism; whereas every effort must be undertaken to ensure the robustness of the media sector, to ensure independence from economic and political pressures, and to increase media freedom and pluralism;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) design and implement more decisive EU actions to promote and protect the right to participate, as part of a much broader strategy on human rights and democracy support; ensure that these actions mainstream gender perspectives and inclusion of groups in vulnerable situations;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) condemn the increase in hate speech by certain public authorities, political parties and the media, as it constitutes a direct threat to the rule of law and the values enshrined in human rights; call, in this regard, on states to monitor hate speech by public authorities and elected officials and to adopt strong and concrete measures and sanctions against it; insist that governments around the world clearly condemn and take a zero-tolerance approach to racism and discrimination;
Amendment 58 #
(da) acknowledge the importance of access to universal, public and free education that empowers people to make free choices;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) strengthen the link between election observation work and the EU’s widerEU’s support for human rights and democracy using both political, commercial and cooperation tools; consider authoritarian electoral legitimisation strategies as early symptoms of underlying non-democratic trends and react accordingly;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) condemn the fact that the EU has maintained its relations and trade and economic policies with countries where fundamental freedoms have been violated, including the right to participate in free elections;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) underline the need to make European funding more transparent and easier to trace to ensure that it is not used to infringe human rights and democracy in non-EU countries;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) explore the possibility of introducing a standing invitation for election observation within the democratic clause in EU agreements, the Generalised Scheme of Preferences and equivalent mechanisms, given the current reluctance of many countries to send election observation invitations to the EU; support Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group and its work, especially in the framework of election observation;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) forge a coalition of democratic countries and multilateral institutions, such as the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Council of Europe, to counter the legitimisation of fake elections more effectively in international forums, in particular the UN;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) ensure that human rights are not used as a political tool and adopt a neutral stance when analysing the human rights and democracy situation;